1998 GMC Yukon wipers, windshield & visibility problems

About 3 hours into a long-distance trip, during heavy rain, the windshield wipers on my car quit working. I was pulling a camp trailer and had 4 children in the car with me. It was a very frighening experience and caused us all great distress and anxiety with the dangerous situation. There was no pull-out available so I was forced to stop the vehicle while it stuck out in the roadway. I turned off the engine and opened the hood of the car. I lightly hit the wiper motor with a rock.

Recently, my daughter, tracye, a special education teacher for the dawson county georgia school system, called me for help with her 1998 yukon. At days end, she proceeded to her vehicle to go home. It was raining heavily at the time. Her windshied wipers would not start. She called me, and I had her check the fuse which was ok. I then left my home to drive the 80 miles to her school. While I was enroute, she called and said the rain was reducing, and she then drove the 20 miles to her home without wipers.