The Wrong Turn That Saved a Life

Taylor “Ghost” Morrison, a 64-year-old biker, wasn’t supposed to be on that remote Colorado back road. His GPS had failed, leading him down the wrong path—one that changed everything.

As he rode past a rock face, he spotted faint handprints. Below, at the bottom of a ravine, Ghost found 8-year-old Tina David, weak but alive beside her mother, Dr. Linda David, who had died shielding her daughter in a crash. For six days, search teams and helicopters had missed the site.

Ghost, at just the right angle and speed, saw what no one else had. Climbing the ravine with Tina nearly broke him, but he told her, “I’m just a biker who got lost.” At the hospital, Tina clung to his jacket, calling him her “angel.” Her grandmother later told him, “You were that faith answered.”

Still grieving the loss of his own son, a Marine named Danny, Ghost stayed with Tina—reading to her, helping her heal, and honoring Linda’s sacrifice: “That’s not just a mother’s love. That’s a warrior’s sacrifice.”

Tina took up motocross, telling Ghost, “When I’m on a bike, I feel close to Mommy.” He replied, “It’s what Danny would do.”

Three years later, she became a youth advocate for search reform. The David-Morrison Protocol now includes bikers in hard-to-reach search efforts.

Ghost eventually adopted Tina. She said, “You saved me.” He answered, “No, kiddo. We saved each other.”

Now, every Sunday, they ride together—proof that sometimes, a wrong turn leads you exactly where you’re meant to be.