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Lifestyle => Tha G-Spot => Topic started by: Samoan Enforcer on December 13, 2006, 03:57:27 PM
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ARLINGTON, Va. — It took a second or two for Jaimen Ortiz to fully comprehend what he was seeing: two toddlers playing in an open second-floor window, and one of them hanging from the window sill.
So Ortiz hopped a fence and ran to the apartment building. Just as he got there, the 2-year-old girl fell, screaming. Ortiz put out his arms and caught her cleanly, perhaps saving her life and certainly preventing serious injury.
"If I had delayed one more second, she would have fallen to the ground," Ortiz said through a Spanish interpreter, recalling the Oct. 13 incident.
Ortiz's quick thinking was honored Tuesday in Arlington, where the County Board presented him a certificate of recognition for his heroism.
The 29-year-old seemed slightly overwhelmed by the attention he received Tuesday as he fielded multiple interview requests.
"I have a 5-year-old child, and you never know. Maybe someday he might need help like I was able to give to this girl," he said.
While Ortiz was unaccustomed to the recognition, it's not the first time he has been a hero. As a teenager growing up in Guatemala, he helped save the wife of a friend from drowning.
The toddlers' father has been charged with reckless endangerment.
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nice work Jaimen
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Where was he when that fat bitch shot Selena ?
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Where was he when that fat bitch shot Selena ?
LMAO
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Sounds like something I would do. :)
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That's mighty big karma that boy recieved doing that, i bet later on karma repayed him with 3 hoes and a whole lot of weed to use up XD. On some real talk something really good will happen to him i bet, saving someones life is like they owe you big time or something lol. Dibs on a PS3 if they own one.
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That's cool and shit, and I'd be grateful as fuck.
But "heroic"?
I always think of heroic as saving someone elses life and at the same time putting ures in danger, shit like that.
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^ :grumpy:
a life saved is a life saved dog, it doesnt matter what you go thru doing it
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Yeah but there was no risk, he either chose to save a baby's life or let it die.
I'm just saying I don't think "heroic" is the right word to use here
Heroic -> epic: very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)
Is not wanting a baby to die "surpassing the ordinary"? ???
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Where was he when that fat bitch shot Selena ?
LMAO
hahahaha
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Yeah but there was no risk, he either chose to save a baby's life or let it die.
eh... I'm pretty sure the guy's a hero
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Is not wanting a baby to die "surpassing the ordinary"? ???
youd be surprised at how many people would fuck that up
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Is not wanting a baby to die "surpassing the ordinary"? ???
youd be surprised at how many people would fuck that up
Yeah for real, you wouldn't want to overthink it at the time.
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Our government should give him a green card just for that.