Good kids out there
This article on Rivals High tells a story of a kid in Minnesota, Josh Ripley, who carried an injured opponent a half a mile back to the beginning of the Applejack Invite and then ran the complete 2 mile race.
“I didn’t think about my race, I knew I needed to stop and help him,” Ripley said in the school district release. “It was something I would expect my other teammates to do. I’m nothing special; I was just in the right place at the right time.”
The story just made me think about the kinds of men and women who choose to serve in the military when we’ve got troops on at least two fronts, and they’re virtually guaranteed action. People who make sacrifices like Josh did, just because it’s right. He’d make a nice hospital corpsman, don’t you think?
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Nice job, Josh. I am sure your parents are very proud of you.
Quick, send that kid a Ranger Recruiter.
Medic or Infantryman. He’d fit right in with the RED BULLS.
Barstool Sports had a slightly different (albeit hilarious) take on it which is completely NSFW. http://boston.barstoolsports.com/random-thoughts/high-school-cross-country-runner-being-hailed-as-a-hero-after-carrying-injured-runner-on-his-back/
Very cool!
I would like to think that this would not be uncommon. but sadly this may be the way things go
I would have stopped and helped him. (Because I hated cross country. I only did it to get in shape for wrestling season.) And once I got him where he was going, I would have either walked the course, or pulled a Rosy Ruiz.