Check this out. Last week, I saw a story on reddit about a young teen in Australia who saved a man from an oncoming train. Julian Shaw, 14, pulled 54-year-old Mark O'Dwyer to safety after seeing him faint and fall from a train platform onto the tracks six and a half feet below.
Shaw, who stands around 5'9" and weighs in at about 155 pounds, hefted the older man, about 6'1" and 243 pounds, onto his shoulder and moved him out of harm's way as the train screamed past. You can read an account of the full story here.
According to the story, Mark noted that young adults don't always get positive publicity. Here's the good news: Not only did Julian receive a medal from Mark's grateful girlfriend, he also received a letter of commendation from The Department of Education and has since written his own song for his punk band about the event. And now, brass is blogging about the inspiring feat!
Nice job Julian--that's an awesome thing you have done. It's incredible what you can do when the pressure is on.
- Jeremy
I love reddit.com!
The new blog looks great - I will be passing the link on to teachers so that students can read and comment.
Great job!
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