Sunday, September 21, 2014

KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL: Students praised for unselfish, heroic efforts


Staff and teachers around Kennedy High School are singing the praises about a couple of student/heroes in their midst.

Recently, Darin Thompson was first on the scene to aid a senior citizen who had fallen and hit his head on the curb at a local fast food parking lot.  Thompson used his cadet training to stabilize the man until an ambulance reached the scene.

Meanwhile, another Kennedy student (also see Tommie Saylor’s column this week), Jakob Muntz stepped to the front of the class with a unique offering of unselfishness during an athletic competition last week.

As Kennedy ran in a cross country meet against nine other schools, Muntz was on track to running his personal best at about a 20-minute 5K time -- no easy feat at the hilly Willow Metropark.

Bug about 300 yards from the finish line, Muntz slowed down. When he became more visible closer to the finish line, everyone saw that Jakob was carrying another runner from Wyandotte to the finish line. The other runner had passed out, according to people on the scene. The fallen runner also had about 50 pounds on Muntz.

Not only did Jakob help the runner get to his parents for medical help, he also gave up a potentially regional-qualifying race time in order to help an opponent he didn't even know.

Hats off to Thompson and Muntz for their heroic ways!

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