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Marine who played wide receiver in college catches a three-year-old boy thrown from a burning building by his mother before she died in the fire
Daily Mail ^
| 8 July 2020
| Lauren Fruen
Posted on 07/08/2020 2:30:07 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Phillip Blanks, 28, ran to the home in Phoenix on July 3 barefoot to try and help He was able to save Jameson Long from the flames on the third floor balcony 'There wasn't much thinking. I just reacted. I just did it', he said Wednesday Blanks, who now works in the security industry, is a former wide receiver and said the boy was 'twirling in the air like a propeller' as he fell 'I know how to catch. I've learned how to catch a football', he added The boy's mother Rachel, 30, died in the blaze; Blanks said: 'She's the real hero of the story because she made the ultimate sacrifice to save her children'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: arizona; jamesonlong; kalamazoo; michigan; mother; phillipblanks; phoenix; rachellong
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MUST SEE!
A true hero mother helped by a former Marine.
A very sad story.
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posted on
07/08/2020 2:30:07 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
I hope he didn’t “spike the ball”!
Seriously, great job, marine!
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posted on
07/08/2020 2:32:53 PM PDT
by
Fido969
(In!)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Thats nice but if it was a white dude that cauught the kid would it such a big story?
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posted on
07/08/2020 2:34:29 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom Hi Dad)
To: DUMBGRUNT
A hero and a gentleman. He said he wasn't brave, it was the mother, who lost her own life, who was brave.
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posted on
07/08/2020 2:35:19 PM PDT
by
CaptainK
('No collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker')
To: al baby
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posted on
07/08/2020 2:35:57 PM PDT
by
dakine
To: Fido969
There are heroes who walk among us.
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posted on
07/08/2020 2:37:43 PM PDT
by
gcparent
(Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
To: DUMBGRUNT
A Divine catch by a true American hero.
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posted on
07/08/2020 2:37:56 PM PDT
by
Maudeen
(www.thereishopeinJesus.com)
To: al baby
white dude that cauught the kid would it such a big story?
In today’s environment, probably a local story, maybe.
That said, we all bleed red.
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posted on
07/08/2020 2:38:08 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
With all the bad news and ridiculous behavior lately, it’s nice to see humanity at it’s best.
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posted on
07/08/2020 2:39:01 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: Maudeen
YES.
Not attempting to troll, but it must be said, the mother was inflamed and returned for her daughter.
She did not survive.
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posted on
07/08/2020 2:42:34 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
To: CaptainK
it was the mother, who lost her own life, who was brave. Heart breaking story. I pray to God no mother ever has to be in a situation like that. Terrible.
To: DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
Two great heroes, the mom, although unfortunately deceased, and the marine.
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posted on
07/08/2020 2:50:08 PM PDT
by
chuckee
To: al baby
It’s nice? That’s your take?
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posted on
07/08/2020 2:51:18 PM PDT
by
sam_whiskey
(Peace through Strength.)
To: Robert DeLong
Thank you for putting up the photos.
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posted on
07/08/2020 2:54:52 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Amazing story.
And nobody saw the race of the poor child, his deceased mom, or the hero Marine. That’s what America is supposed to be about!!! And it was until Obama came along.
To: DUMBGRUNT
God bless and protect this man and her child and their families and loved ones. Amen.
Heroic adults. Just beautiful.
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posted on
07/08/2020 3:15:19 PM PDT
by
jacknhoo
(Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Thank God he was there, what a terrible fate for the mother, but at least she knew her child was safe.
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posted on
07/08/2020 3:21:31 PM PDT
by
McGavin999
(Not one politician or journalist has died of Covid)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Once a Marine, always a Marine. Semper Fi!
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posted on
07/08/2020 3:23:43 PM PDT
by
Buffalo Head
(Illegitimi non carborundum)
To: DUMBGRUNT
OMG!! She went STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN!
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posted on
07/08/2020 3:48:08 PM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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