Close call!!!!

[HIGHWAY BY THE SEA]

Several days ago I got into my 68 C10 long bed to take my daughter to school. We left the house and pulled up to a stop sign at a very busy four lane highway T intersection with traffic flying by both directions. When I pressed the brake to stop it went ALL the way to the floor!
I literally had less than one second to think and react. There was NO way to stop, so as we were passing the stop sign I flung the steering wheel as sharply to the right (90 degrees) as I could and drove the truck half on the sidewalk and the other half on the bike lane.
I missed every single speeding oncoming vehicle by mere inches and avoided a multi-vehicle accident on a four lane highway during morning rush hour. Had I instead grabbed the emergency brake and tried to stop the vehicle it would have cost me that one second, and the truck would not have stopped.
The master cylinder was half empty (it had gone bad and NO brake failure light warned me) but has now been replaced and the truck is braking fine. I just wanted to remind everyone to check your master cylinder at least once a month or every third time that you fuel your trucks.
This almost turned DEADLY for my daughter and me!