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Tag Archives: Heroes
“There were a Lot of People Who Didn’t Do Anything. I was the Only One that Did Something. When You See Something like That, You’re Supposed to Help”
On 12 August 2015 someone tried to rape a 28-year-old woman on a subway platform at the Bergen Avenue stop in Park Slope in Brooklyn, New York. Maurice Osborne, a person of color who heard the woman scream, said, “There … Continue reading
“Help! Help! He’s Hurting My Sister! Call the Police!”
In September 2014, Bob Baker heard an 11-year-old girl crying for help in Reed Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He said, “We heard a child, a young girl, screaming across the lot saying, ‘Help! Help! He’s hurting my sister! Call the … Continue reading
“Everyone has Inner Strength — But You Don’t Know It Until Something like that Happens”
In January 2015, neo-Nazi Zack Davies attacked Sarandev Bhambra, a dentist, with a hammer and a machete in a supermarket in Mold, North Wales. Ex-soldier Pete Fuller, age 44, came to the rescue, but first Zack Davies slashed Mr. Bhambra’s … Continue reading
“It Could Have Burned Me Up and I Could Have Died. Yeah, I Owe My Life to Him”
On 15 September 2015 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Casey Dodson, age 19, saved the life of his quadriplegic father, Barton, after the van they were in caught fire. The van exploded. Barton said, “It could have burned me up and I … Continue reading
Heroes Include a Have-a-Go Granny on a Mobility Scooter
In September 2015 at the Liverpool City Centre in England, a dog viciously attacked a man, who survived. The man tried to climb on top of a car bonnet (American “hood”) to get away from the dog. Some people came … Continue reading
“If I Hadn’t Stopped for that Drink, I would have been Further Down the Beach and He Would Probably have Drowned”
On 19 September 2015, ultramarathon runner Dennis Potton, a 37-year-old father of four, rescued a small boy from drowning in a rip current at Sandsend Beach, Whitby, Yorkshire, UK. While stopping for a drink at a café next to the … Continue reading
“My Brain was Completely Frozen and My Body was Not Moving. I was Just Praying [To] God, that [My Son] will be OK”
In September 2015, three-year-old Parikshith Kumar wiggled out of his lifebelt and came close to drowning in a swimming pool at a Northville Township, Michigan, apartment complex. His father, Yathindra Kumar, said, “My brain was completely frozen and my body … Continue reading
“At that Moment, That Became My Child. I Reached in and I Pulled Her Out like I Would Any of My Babies”
On 26 July 2015, Angelo Mondragon, age 32, was swimming in Windsor Lake in Windsor, Colorado, when he felt sometime brush against his feet. He looked down and saw the feet of three- or four-year-old Sitlali Hernandez, who was drowning. … Continue reading
Nicholas Sierra, Age 10: “It Wouldn’t be Fair if They Died and I Lived”
On 17 September 2015, a Tampa, Florida, school bus carrying 27 elementary school kids crashed and overturned in a four-foot deep pond. Nicholas Sierra, a 10-year-old Mary E. Bryant Elementary School safety patroller, became a hero. He carried a little … Continue reading
“I Think It was Just Something Random, and It Didn’t Make a Difference Who It Was. They Just Wanted to Inflict Pain on Someone”
On 16 September 2015, gunfire broke out in South Los Angeles. De Je Brewer, age 14, was in the back seat of a Ford Explorer. She was shot twice, but she protected the life of her 10-month-old nephew. She said, … Continue reading
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