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Steve was just one of hundreds of people who forgot about their own safety and rushed to the aid of others, and we were both moved by his story. Steve deserves this chance to improve his own life after his selfless and heroic acts undoubtedly improved the lives of so many others.
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Instinct to help people
We are human, we still have a heart, we still have that instinct to help people out that need help and thats what we are doing. And obviously when we are seeing children like that, with blood and, pulling nails out of their arms and stuff, and there were a couple in a girls face, he said.
It was children, a lot of children with blood all over them, crying and screaming. If I didnt help, I wouldnt be able to live with myself for walking away and leaving kids like that.
We wiped blood from childrens faces. I mean, one little girl, she was covered in blood. Her mom was screaming so some guy was coming at her, took the little girls t-shirt off her, and it was someone elses blood shed on her.
Jones described how he and a friend held the legs up of a woman who was severely bleeding while waiting for the ambulance to arrive. We thought she was just going to bleed right out.
More: http://ktla.com/2017/05/24/nearly-30000-raised-for-homeless-man-who-helped-manchester-arena-attack-victims/
Homeless...Steve and a friend started to run after the blast, then turned back to help the wounded.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)A good guy
sheshe2
(83,729 posts)peace~
mythology
(9,527 posts)I find it a little disturbing to think about the sentence "If I didn't help, I wouldn't be able to live with myself for walking away and leaving kids like that."
How many walked away from him while he was homeless? How many of us do so every day from homeless people in our cities?
It shows he is the better person than the rest of us and the politicians that do nothing to help them.
From my link...yet the newly elected Mayor...
["Jones actions have shined a spotlight on Manchesters growing homeless problem. The newly elected mayor of Manchester, Andy Burnham, has pledged to donate 15% of his salary to a homeless charity."]
There is hope.