February 18, 2007
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One week ago
A gang was marching to battle on a public thoroughfare in Ste. Geneviève des Bois (one of those Parisian banlieues whose bucolic name covers a snake pit of social problems). Fifty men armed with baseball bats, lead pipes, shovels and what-all, spilled from the sidewalk onto the road, blocking three cars. Somewhat like the Crusaders who massacred European Jews on their way to battle Muslims in Jerusalem, the punk jihadis attacked a woman trapped in the second of the three cars. A heroic young man—25 year-old Jalili—jumped out of the third car and ran to the woman’s rescue. The thugs beat him into a coma. The police have arrested two of the assailants, one of whom was in possession of the woman’s cell phone. They are looking for the cad who bonked Jalili on the head with a shovel, causing the brain hemorrhage that left him in a coma.
I added the word 'heroic' above...
There is crime everywhere... scenes like this are too common throughout the world. However, the action of that brave young man is very uncommon... what an awesomely brave thing to do... to run into a crowd of fifty armed men to rescue someone... knowing that you're probably running to your death...
... and to be ready at a moment's notice to do so. I'm sure he didn't wake up that morning thinking "I'm going to be a hero today"... it just happened.
Comments (5)
Interesting. That article cites nothing that I could see.
~Sol
Wow. There is horror everywhere.
I did see the hero, which you did highlight. But, the horror of the whole thing is what really gets to me. Mobs with pipes? Shiver! Praise God for those who defend where and when they can. No greater love is this, that a man lay down his life for a total stranger.
I would've liked to see any other sources that had information about this, too, because what's there is kind of threadbare. Still, it IS impressive that a person would just run into a mob like that.
~Sol
Good point Sol. I sent in a comment asking for the link.
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