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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