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March 07, 2006
Unknown Local Heroes, Part 687
With the author's permission, I am posting her response to a recent story about some jerk who hit a six-year-old boy and ran, and the courageous soul who followed and detained the perpetrator until police arrived. I'm copying it here from Chattanoogan.com because it says quite succinctly what y'all know by now takes me a year to get out:
To the person(s) who followed and stopped the Honda Civic that hit and left a 6-year-old child to suffer: I don't know if there will ever be any official praise for what you did, and I sure hope you don't end up in trouble for taking matters into your own hands, but from this parent's point-of-view, you are a true hero to me.I cannot imagine what this child's family must be going through right now, but I am quite sure it would be so much worse had you not been in the right place at the right time, been a person of value, and taken the action you did.
Knowing the person will be held accountable for his or her actions alleviates at least one aspect of this family's suffering.
I, for one, wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart. I wish there were many more like you around these days. Now let us hope this child recovers fully to thank you too.
Beth Draco
Hixson, TN
So the accident itself was unavoidable [from the driver's perspective]. I understand. A close relative of mine was driving when a young boy, presumably also chasing a ball, ran out into her immediate path and was struck by the car. The boy lived, but had a ruptured spleen and whatnot. It was awful, I'm told. Sheer panic. I get that part. But you don't flee the scene, okay? Or I myself, emboldened as I may rightly be by the actions of this story's hero, will hunt you down and hold you still until the cops get there.
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