Knight in Shining Armour
Posted by: Rachel
1st Oct 2011 11:10pm
Recently I witnessed an elderly lady having her bag snatched . Before I could even rationally think about the situation, and whether I could be putting myself in danger, I had given my handbag to the lady to hold while I chased after the thief. I managed a couple of grabs at him but he got away. As I watched him run off he dropped the ladies bag. I went and collected it but he had still taken her purse.
Anyway, the point of all this is has anyone ever acted on impulse like this (without thinking) and thought rationally about it later seeing how dangerous it could have been? or have the days of people helping each other in times of need/danger gone out the door forever?
Rachel
- 24th Oct 2011 07:52pm
Good on you! I don't think it was so much the handbag that made me act, but more how distressed the elderly woman was at what had just occurred. My first instinct was to help.
Later when I went back to check on the lady we rang the poilce who took a report and my description of him. I then spent a good two hours out of that afternoon looking through "mug shots" at the police station but was unable to identify anyone.
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