I am rather overcome with sadness for this family:
“It must have been horrible,” says Ms. Johnson. “ Cougars pounce and back off, pounce and back off. Cindy was of average height, five-foot-five, and of average weight, but she was fit. The animal must have spent the entire time wearing her down.”
She still, according to the first link, had a look of fierce defiance on her face when she asked, after an hour of combat, whether her children were alright!? What manner of warrior is this? I can only remind myself that she got to hear that her children were alright before she ‘relaxed and said she was dying’. That was what she fought for - that was what she won, the hard way. I am glad that they are acknowledging this woman with an award - it would be wrong not to honor such a person.
Wrestling a cougar for over an hour! Remarkable story.... an understatement. Never get between a loving and devoted mother and her kids....