Heroic football player is being called a hero for what he did after seeing two teachers in a vicious fight (2775 hits)
His quick actions
High school student saves teacher's life High school student saves teacher's life A football player is being called a hero for what he did after seeing two teachers in a vicious fight. His quick actions By all accounts, the attack looked like it would be lethal. In the moments after the school bell rang, a 40-year-old teacher brutally attacked a fellow teacher. With screwdriver blows from English teacher Ronette Ricketts raining on the victim, fellow English teacher Cynthia Glozier, a varsity football player thought quick, relied on his athletic instincts and stopped the attack in its tracks.
According to New York TV network WPIX and the Poughkeepsie Journal, among other sources, Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) High senior linebacker Justin Richardson is now being hailed as a hero and a likely lifesaver as a result. "I saw Ms. Ricketts just hammering her in the side of head," Richardson told PIX 11 TV. "I saw a lot of blood. It was shocking. I just jammed her really hard to get the screwdriver [to] fly out of her hand. If I didn't step in she would have killed her."
Luckily for all involved, Richardson did step in to stop a shocking attack before it became a deadly one. As it is, Ricketts is still facing charges of first-degree attempted assault, second-degree assault and criminal possession of a weapon, and is likely to lose a job in which she was previously highly respected. It remains uncertain what caused the longtime English teacher to snap -- the two teachers were reportedly talking in the hallway moments before the screwdriver attack -- but Ricketts is now facing potentially life-changing charges, all while Glozier faces a long recovery to get back to her life as normal. The Poughkeepsie Journal reported that Glozier was in good condition at Saint Francis Hospital, but her attorney, Tom O'Neill, said she was "extremely traumatized" by the attack.
"It wasn't two teachers arguing, it was one attacking another," Poughkeepsie principal Edgar Glascott told PIX 11.
Raging Tempers! How they can cause a footstool to sin. Glad he intecepted to save a life!
Thursday, December 22nd 2011 at 9:52PM
MIISRAEL Bride
@ Miisrael,
With women teachers, its more than likely it had to do with a man... say a male colleague or the principal, eh! I do hope the wounded teacher has a speedy recovery and that justice is done on her behalf. Teachers are suppose to be setting examples for the students rather than the student stepping in to intervene. It's really embarassing, but I know the students are still talking about that fight over the holidays. Most people like to see a good fight, but that was just plain barbaric what the other teacher did to the other teacher. Definitely she snapped and was enraged.
