Posted on 02/20/2018 3:04:42 PM PST by sodpoodle
A Texas jail guard nearly died from a massive heart attack two years ago while on the job, but thanks to the inmates, he survived.
“I just slumped and went out,” Gary Grimm told WHAS11 about what he remembers from the day it happened on June 23, 2016. “Next thing I remember is looking up at the ceiling in the ER.”
Sitting across from at least eight men who were behind a locked gate, the inmates at first thought he was kidding, according to the news outlet.
They began to shout and bang the cell’s siding as Grimm had fallen unconscious without a pulse. They were able to break free and catch the attention of others who were able to help.
“Instead of overtaking me and taking my gun, and killing me or taking a hostage and escaping, they looked at me as a human being,” Grimm told the news outlet, adding that he’s always treated the inmates the way he would want to be treated if he was in their shoes.
He added: “I don’t care if they’re a drug user, hot check writer or child molester. They’re still a human being. I don’t have to like what they did, but it’s not my position to be the judge and jury.”
While his life was saved, the 52-year-old who retired in December has continued to have issues with his heart.
This week he’s undergoing open heart surgery to get a Left Ventricle Assistance Device, which he will need for at least six months before he hopes to get a transplant.
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>>It happened on June 23, 2016.<<
I think people tend to be good more than bad. Good people do bad things for a lot of reasons.
Right now a story like this is really due.
It’s nice to read about the goodness in the world. Thanks for posting as I don’t read People.
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He treated them decently and they treated him in kind. How much better the world would be if we all followed the golden rule.
I think children need to be taught how to treat each other, including the one’s that are forgotten about, or made fun of. If children, from a young age, were taught how to treat each other as though each child is important and worthy of love likely there would be far fewer shootings and killings. How to treat each other is even more important to be taught than reading, writing and arithmetic.
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