Cpl. Justin Trinidad, a Marine security guard with Detachment Harare, Zimbabwe, Marine Corps Embassy Security Group, and his girlfriend, Kaylynn Hankey, enjoy the view from their canoe during a safari trip on the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe on March 14. About 20 minutes later, Trinidad saved the life of another man on the trip when a hippopotamus attacked the group. Hippocrits strike again
just excellant Marine..excellant
Hippos will flat out “F” you up!
I am repeatedly told that attacks like these are rare ;-)
Wow! Great story.
Why anyone would want a hippopotamus for Christmas is beyond me.
No doubt a conservative. You’d never catch a sissy ass lib trying to help anyone. Especially if their life was at stake.
God Bless him....and her!!
What a great Marine. Able to recognize the situation for what it is, and still act in the face of clear danger.
/johnny
They don’t let the guides on Disney’s Jungle Cruise ride shoot at the hippos any more.
Obviously a mistake.
OoooRah...that’s a hard charging Devildog. Weather it’s charging into the teeth of some Jihadi ambush, or taking on a raging Hippo, you can always count on my Marines to get the job done :-)
I’ve read that the hippo is the most dangerous animal on earth.
That is one brave Marine. Are there any medals appropriate for that kind of heroism — saving the life of a stranger, not related to war? If so, Trinidad desrves one.
Well done Marine!
“...Trinidad said he thought to himself, “God, please watch over me, because I’m about to do something stupid.”
He instructed Hankey to help him get to the couple, rowing over where the hippo was last seen. Hankey said she wanted to turn back, but Trinidad encouraged her to keep going.
“He said to me ‘I need you to be strong, calm down, and help me out,’” said Hankey...”
“...Trinidad managed to steer the canoe to a rock in a shallow part of the river as the injured man held on. After helping Javier into the boat and pulling it to shore, the Marine began to assess the situation.
“That’s when I noticed that his foot was hanging by a piece of skin,” said Trinidad.
One of the guides came out of the brush and was overwhelmed by the extent of Javier’s injury. Trinidad calmed him down and tried several options for a tourniquet, eventually using a neck strap from a pair of binoculars. With the bleeding under control, Trinidad and the guides tried to figure out how to get the man to a hospital.
A family on a fishing trip pulled up in an all-terrain vehicle an hour later. Trinidad helped load the injured man into the back of the car using a deflated canoe as a stretcher.”
Another squared away Marine that has proven why he’s attached to an ESD. Well done!