Background
Last Saturday, 2021-March-20th, Police said a 30-year-old suspect pushed a 71-year-old retired teacher to the ground.
Justin Herron and Murry Rogers intervened.
Words
- Justin Herron
- Poetry
- “It was something I never dreamed or I thought I would see, you know,” Herron said. “You see it in movies and TV all the time, but you never think it’s going to happen in real life until it does.”
- “It was 11, in the middle of the day, not one cloud in the sky and in a very open field. The fact it happened there, at that time, was very shocking. In the moment, I wish I could tell you what I was thinking. I just knew someone just needed help. All I could do was just rush myself over there to make sure I could help the victim and make sure I could comfort her and be the best person I can be.”
- Encounter
- Herron, who is 6-foot-5 and 305 pounds and set the Wake Forest record with 51 games started in his college career, said his size helped.
- “I’m a football player, so I’m kind of big,” Herron said. “I try not to be too aggressive with people knowing I could potentially hurt somebody.”
- “I just knew at that moment that I had to go,” said Herron, who ordered the man to stop and pulled him off the woman.
- I do have a very loud voice, so all I did was just yell, tell him to get off her, and then yanked him off.
- And I told him to sit down and wait until the cops come.
- Reflection
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“It was heartwarming to see her, but also gut-wrenching to see how she responded to the trauma and how she’s dealing with it,” Herron said. “No one should go through that.”
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- Emotional
- “She thanked us. She called us her angels,” said Rogers. “I’m a little bit of a crier, so it was very emotional.”
- Rogers said he was in the park for his daughter’s birthday party and kept the suspect from fleeing while Herron consoled the victim. “It was terrifying to witness,” he said.
- Poetry
- Law Enforcement
- Attack
- “If not for the swift actions of Mr. Justin Herron and Mr. Murry Rogers, this vicious attack could’ve been much worse,” Tempe Police Detective Natalie Barela said.
- Empathy
- Police said the victim has since met with Herron and Rogers and “there was not a dry eye in the room.”
- Attack
Portrait
New England Patriots – Offensive Lineman ( Number 21 )
New England Patriots
Videos
- CNN
- New England Patriots player saves woman from sexual assault
- Profile
- CNN’s Aliysn Camerota speaks to NFL player, Justin Herron, after he helped save a 71-year-old woman from sexual assault in a public park.Source: CNN
- Videos
- Video #1
Date Published:- 2021-03-29
Date Added:- 2021-03-29
Link
- Video #1
- Profile
- New England Patriots player saves woman from sexual assault
Referenced Work
- Andy Rose and Travis Caldwell
- CNN
- NFL player is credited with saving a retired schoolteacher from a sexual assault
Link
- NFL player is credited with saving a retired schoolteacher from a sexual assault
- CNN
- Reporting by Arvind Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Kim Coghill
- Yahoo Sports
- NFL: Patriots’ Herron hailed after helping stop attempted sexual assault
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- NFL: Patriots’ Herron hailed after helping stop attempted sexual assault
- Yahoo Sports
- Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff Writer
- ESPN
- New England Patriots’ Justin Herron hailed as a hero by police for helping stop attempted sexual assault
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- New England Patriots’ Justin Herron hailed as a hero by police for helping stop attempted sexual assault
- ESPN