Be a Hero
According to MSNBC.com, a 71-year-old British woman foiled a jewelry store heist in broad daylight by dashing up to a gang of six robbers and clobbering them with her purse. Dubbed as "Supergran" by newspapers, former street vendor Ann Timson denied she was a hero. She simply said, "somebody had to do something."
Timson was walking in Northampton, England on Monday when she thought she saw a young man being beaten up. She said her "mother's instinct kicked in and I ran across the road shouting at the lads to stop it."
According to local newspaper, she said, "I was not going to stand by and watch someone take a beating so I intervened. As I got closer, I saw it was a robbery and then I was even more angry that they felt they could get away with that in broad daylight."
"I clobbered him with my shopping, but he got away," Timson added. "The rest were still trying to smash and grab the jewelry. I just kept swinging my bag, then they tried to escape. I landed several blows against one lad on the back of a bike and brought him to the ground. He raised a hammer to me so I kept hitting out and shouting for others to bring them down. Several people then came to help. It seemed to be over in seconds."
Timson said that people in the area did not initially come to help her. "I was amazed at that, but they all seemed mesmerised. A lot were standing there filming or taking photos and I wonder whether more people didn't intervene because they thought the raid was being mocked up," she said.
"In the cold light of day, I know I put myself in danger. But I probably would do the same again," Timson added.
Most of us wouldn't put ourselves in danger or harm's way. Confronting dangerous robbers is very risky. And people who do such things do not take much time to think. They just act on their instinct. What would happen if you see someone in need and just act on your instinct? You just might change the world and become a hero!
For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost. Luke 19:10
Timson was walking in Northampton, England on Monday when she thought she saw a young man being beaten up. She said her "mother's instinct kicked in and I ran across the road shouting at the lads to stop it."
According to local newspaper, she said, "I was not going to stand by and watch someone take a beating so I intervened. As I got closer, I saw it was a robbery and then I was even more angry that they felt they could get away with that in broad daylight."
"I clobbered him with my shopping, but he got away," Timson added. "The rest were still trying to smash and grab the jewelry. I just kept swinging my bag, then they tried to escape. I landed several blows against one lad on the back of a bike and brought him to the ground. He raised a hammer to me so I kept hitting out and shouting for others to bring them down. Several people then came to help. It seemed to be over in seconds."
Timson said that people in the area did not initially come to help her. "I was amazed at that, but they all seemed mesmerised. A lot were standing there filming or taking photos and I wonder whether more people didn't intervene because they thought the raid was being mocked up," she said.
"In the cold light of day, I know I put myself in danger. But I probably would do the same again," Timson added.
Most of us wouldn't put ourselves in danger or harm's way. Confronting dangerous robbers is very risky. And people who do such things do not take much time to think. They just act on their instinct. What would happen if you see someone in need and just act on your instinct? You just might change the world and become a hero!
For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost. Luke 19:10