Posts Tagged ‘Hero’
Phoenix Jones, costumed super hero arrested in Seattle last month, loses civilian job
Self-proclaimed super hero Phoenix Jones’ arrest last month has proved to be kryptonite to his alter ego’s career. The costumed crimefighter was arrested by Seattle police in the early morning hours of Oct. 9 morning after pepper-spraying a group of unruly men and women he says were engaged in a brawl.
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Brooklyn mother of 12 mourned, hailed a hero: Police commish Ray Kelly among 250 at Zurana Horton’s emotional funeral
The Brooklyn mother of 12 killed while shielding children from gunfire was mourned Friday as a hero. Zurana Horton, 34, was shot in the chest as she dove in front of several kids when a gunman opened fire from a Brownsville rooftop Oct. 21 – claimed by a bullet meant for someone else.
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Suspect arrested in fatal shooting of hero mom
A suspected rooftop sniper was in custody Tuesday for the death of a Brooklyn mother gunned down as she protected terrified schoolkids from flying bullets, police said.
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Costumed ‘super hero’ Phoenix Jones reveals true identity
Seattle’s self-proclaimed crime-fighter Phoenix Jones peeled off his cowl at a court appearance Thursday to reveal his true identity: Benjamin John Francis Fodor.
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Harper: A.J. goes from zero to Grand hero
In the end, perhaps only Curtis Granderson’s retreating, stumbling catch of a scalded line drive with the bases loaded in the first inning saved A.J. Burnett from the worst baseball night of his life. But, hey, give the guy his due. Burnett grabbed on to that life preserver and, for the moment at least, used it to save the Yankees’ season and force Game 5 in the Bronx Thursday.
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Defying orders, hero Marine saved other troops (AP)
AP – Defying orders and tempting fate, Marine corporal Dakota Meyer charged five times in a Humvee into heavy gunfire in the darkness of an Afghanistan valley to rescue comrades under attack from Taliban insurgents.
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Remembering 9/11: `You will always be my hero’ (AP)
AP – The names of the Sept. 11 dead, some called out by children barely old enough to remember their fallen mothers and fathers, echoed across ground zero Sunday in a haunting but hopeful tribute on the 10th anniversary of the terror attack. “God is our refuge and strength,” President Barack Obama said, quoting the Bible.
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