There’s been a fair amount of hype and peripheral noise about heroes, helping, social obligations and the like over the past few weeks. With doctors, nurses and pharmacists holding illegal strikes in the middle of a recession it is incredibly promising to see stories like this:
A man who who saved a 13-year-old girl from being raped said he was not a hero because “it’s what any ordinary person would do”.
Bernard Erasmus, 30, of Somerset West, said he had not stopped to think about what he was doing.
Erasmus was so determined that he managed to wrestle the attacker’s knife away from him.
The suspect was later arrested and charged with rape.Police have hailed Erasmus as a hero for taking action when he saw a crime being committed. But they also warned that citizens who intervened to prevent a crime should be certain that they could do so without risking their own lives and without breaking the law.
This is what I meant in my previous post asking the questions: “Where were you and what did you do when South Africa began to degenerate?“. This man saw an act so horrible that he felt that in the face of degeneration of the law and this country he should act. He acted. He stood up, took cognisance of what was going on and saved the future of a child.
Source: IOL
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June 24th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Nice post. It’s great that you focus on positive things rather than the negatives that so many others do.
June 24th, 2009 at 10:03 am
Thanks Steve! Appreciate the comment. It is amazing what we choose not to notice in this country, like heroes such as Bernard above. The good people exist in this country and there are more of them than we think!
June 24th, 2009 at 10:08 am
This is something we ALL as fellow, law-abiding citizens should be aspiring to. We cannot solely rely on the police to protect our communities!
June 24th, 2009 at 11:24 am
I agree, he is a real hero.
September 29th, 2011 at 4:12 am
im 13 i would have done the same thing