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'Alberta angels' who helped Florida couple found, and they're from B.C.

Jeff and Jeri Hamilton have tracked down the "Alberta angels" who stopped to help them on a Wyoming highway after a horrific motorcycle crash, but the angels are from B.C.

Jeff and Jeri Hamilton tracked down couple that helped them after an accident

Jeff and Jeri Hamilton were wearing these vests when they were in a horrible motorcycle accident in Wyoming last August. (Facebook/Jeff and Jeri Hamilton)

Jeff and Jeri Hamilton of Tallahassee, Fla.,have tracked down the "Alberta angels" who stopped to help them on a Wyoming highway after a horrific motorcycle crash. The only thing is, the angels are from Kelowna, B.C.

The Hamiltons found Craig Monley and Elayne Methotthrough Facebook connections.

The two couples first met when theHamiltons' motorcycle blew a rear tirein August2015.The ensuing crash, witnessedby Methot and Monley, who were behind the Hamiltons in a motorhome,left theFloridianswith serious injuries.

"They were just so helpful," saidJeriof the B.C. couple."They stopped traffic, got cold towels to put on an open wound on my arm, they put umbrellas over us, gave us water because it was 95 degrees,it was hot."

The hunt for the "angels" picked up speed once it started to spread on social media.

"Somebody posted, their friend posted and this other person picked it up, and one of their friends said 'I know those people and they're not on Facebook, but I can get a hold of them,'" said Jeri.

"It was just weird. You know, they talk about the world, how we're just six degrees apart, and I'm starting to believe it. It didn't take long at all."

It also turns out the Hamiltons and the B.C couplehave more than just friends in common. They sharea love of motorcycles as well.

"They're super nice people and they're going to be making their first trip to Sturgis [amotorcycle rally in South Dakota]this August. And so I think we're going to plan on getting there and meeting them," said Jeri.

Jeri and Jeff Hamilton thought a couple from Alberta went out of their way to help them after their motorcycle accident - but their 'Alberta angels' were from B.C. (Facebook/Jeri and Jeff Hamilton)

'Like we're lifelong friends'

MonleyandMethothad long wondered what happened to the Hamiltons after their horrifying accident, said Jeri.

"She said she had really racked her brain to come up with ways to figure out who we were. So they wanted to contact us too, so it was pretty good, it was mutual," she said.

"We had a great conversation. It's like we're lifelong friends. It was awesome."