Maybe Rudy Boesche of "Survivor" fame took a vacation? He's about 70 and I'm sure he would be up to the task.
Posted on 02/23/2007 5:19:20 AM PST by Muzzle_em
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — An American senior citizen killed an alleged mugger with his bare hands, and his traveling companions aboard a tour bus fended of two other assailants in the Atlantic coast city of Limon, police said.
A retired member of the U.S. military aged about 70 put suspect Warner Segura in a head lock and broke his clavicle after the 20-year-old and two other men armed with a knife and gun held up their tour bus, Luis Hernandez, the police chief of Limon, 80 miles east of San Jose, said Thursday. Segura was later declared dead, apparently from asphyxiation.
The two other men fled when the 12 senior citizens started defending themselves during the Wednesday attack. Afterward, the tourists drove Segura to the Red Cross where he was declared dead. The Red Cross also treated one of the tourists for an anxiety attack, Hernandez said.
The tourists left on their Carnival cruise ship after the incident and Hernandez said authorities do not plan to press any charges against them.
"They were in their right to defend themselves after being held up," he said.
Hernandez said Segura had previous charges against him for assaults.
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HILARIOUS!
Bus of old lefties = target-rich environment for robbers and "nere do wells."
a group of NEA members would have cried to the embassy.....the Vet made the difference.
you got that right!
My dad had prostate cancer. His Gleason score was 9, it has been 10 years. His doctors still shake their heads, smile and say that God really wants him here for a reason. :)
Maybe Rudy Boesche of "Survivor" fame took a vacation? He's about 70 and I'm sure he would be up to the task.
Crud -- spelled his name wrong. That should be "Boesch"
Yes, Costa Rica is in Central America; however, the situation is much the same in South America...especially in Peru, Ecuador,...I could go on.
Not a difficult time at all. HOwever a more appropriate rendering of the headline
EX-MARINE, 70, KILLS TOUR THUG
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02232007/news/nationalnews/ex_marine__70__kills_tour_thug_nationalnews_brigitte_williams_james_and_joe_lopez__post_wire_services.htm
No retired from active service marine I have ever spoken to has ever referred to himself as an ex-marine. Once a marine, always a marine.
Especially on our own east and west coasts...
sentances?
Read the article. It was the 70 yr. old that was on a tour, not the thug. Do you work for a newspaper by any chance?
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"Racist" would fit nicely in there, too.
some of the 11 other postings of this get close to that statement....
LOL.
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