He could have done what seems to be standard today: Walk away while a violent crime is being committed.
But the other day Chris Perry said no way and reported a crime in progress that no doubt saved a person’s life.
It happened early Monday morning on West Prospect Road in Ashtabula
“I heard a loud banging sound as I played on my computer,” he said. “At first, I ignored it.”
Well Perry didn’t really ignore it because the next thing he heard was a man crying out: “God help me. Please help me!’”
Perry went over to a neighbor’s house to observe and eventually saw two men wailing away at his neighbor, Terry Foster Sr.
It was a vicious, grisly scene. A nightmarish scene that some people would have closed their eyes to and walk away in fear they could be next.
Not so with Perry. He ran home and called 9-11. Two Ashtabula police officers quickly arrived. They kicked down a door and saw the victim with his feet bound. With guns drawn, they eventually arrested two men who were inside the house.
Perry’s help was not over. He is a former emergency medical technician, so he put his skills to work apparently treating Foster for shock.
“The victim was so badly beaten, he was unrecognizable,” Perry told a Star Beacon staff writer. “I checked him for stab wounds and any other injuries. He was conscious and had a lot of dried blood on his face.”
Ashtabula Detective Sgt. Joseph Cellitti said this of Perry, “He did the right thing. He had the internal fortitude to become involved and notified the police.
“He saved this man’s life.”
Perry’s lifesaving efforts are a role model of acting quickly and not shirking one’s duty to help others out, which lead to the successful rescue of a person. This sort of citizen reaction makes our communities safer and better.
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A life saved
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