Posted on 02/23/2007 12:48:13 PM PST by radar101
A retired 70-year-old Marine killed a mugger with his bare hands after a tour bus of U.S. senior citizens was held up in the Costa Rican city of Limon.
The retiree squeezed the 20-year-old mugger in a headlock, broke his clavicle and choked him. The thief's two accomplices, who were armed, fled as other retirees on the bus started defending themselves. The group then drove the unconscious mugger to a local Red Cross clinic, where he was declared dead.
Local police named the former Marine as Allan Clady, but could not say where in the United States he resides.
The 12 tourists involved in the incident on Wednesday were on a stopover from the Carnival Cruise ship Liberty.
Local Police Chief Luis Hernandez said no one would be charged in the incident. "They were in their right to defend themselves," he said.
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I just KNEW it!
Semper Fi!
Ping!
What a total bad a!s
Chuck Norris ain't got nothing on this old dude....
The thief's two accomplices, who were armed, fled as other retirees on the bus started defending themselves.
I guess they expected easy pickins..
The most amazing part of this article is the Marine will not be charged. This is New York after all.
Psst.... It happened in Costa Rica. :-)
The incident happened in Costa Rica, not New York.
Chuck Norris washes this guy's jock ...
I won't be surprised to see him imprisioned. Not for what he did but for what he was.
Yes indeed. Don't mess with the best! Once a Marine, always a Marine (except in Murtha's case) -
whole lot of killer tourists out there...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789750/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789707/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789595/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789662/posts
...and there are more...
This guy is my hero.
He's Chuck's dad. ;-)
Awhile back, I heard this story...I hope I'm relating it correctly.
Two knife-yielding 20-year olds attempted to rob a NY City cabbie at a stop light. A 70-year old man, riding as a passenger, got angry at this action. He stepped out of the cab and flattened one of the would-be robbers, then turned his attention to the other one...with similar results.
The passenger's name was Jack Dempsey. I guess the two young men picked the wrong cab to rob.
ping!
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