SGT Jacob Perkins saving the world by the bus loads

| October 13, 2012

In the Huffington Post, they tell us that SGT Jacob Perkins, who we first discussed last July, was awarded the Soldier’s Medal and named “Soldier of the Year” for his actions on a lonely stretch of the New York Thruway while he was headed home on leave to Missouri earlier this year;

“When his life was on the line, he chose to do what most other normal human beings wouldn’t do,” Mark Milley, Commanding General, Fort Drum said at an awards event. “He ran into the back of a burning bus and saved people even though he stood a better than 50-50 shot of dying himself.”

The Canadian tour bus, carrying 53 passengers, had crashed into a tractor trailer and the driver of the tractor-trailer died. While 30 passengers from the tour bus were injured, no one on the tour bus was killed, thanks to Perkins’ actions, according to ABC.

Perkins told the interveiwer “It was nothing that soldiers don’t do everyday”.

Category: Real Soldiers

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AW1 Tim

Sheepdog doing what sheepdogs do.

BZ SGT Perkins.

Ex-PH2

I don’t get it.

I see men and women doing this kind of thing regularly, without grabbing at straws for attention, and they make the world a better place.

And then I see those who pale by comparison, trying to grab at those straws to get attention, doing everything they can to muddy the water, making fools of themselves in the process.

I just don’t get it.

Hondo

Kudos, SGT Perkins. Well done.

Hondo

Getting ahead through lying/self promotion/taking credit for the deeds of others vice personal merit is a problem that’s likely as old as civilization, Ex-PH2. We just see more examples of it these days because of better communications.

MCPO NYC USN (Ret.)

God Bless America and the 10th Mtn Div! BZ SGT Perkins!

Ex-PH2

Yeah, like that old caveman story “You shoulda seen the mammoth I didn’t catch! It was THIS BIG!!”

SGT Perkins is a class act.

And then there are those others who wish they were.

UpNorth

Well done, SGT Perkins.

2-17 AirCav

I enjoyed the fact that one of the people he helped was present for the award ceremony. “We were strangers,” she said, but he [Sgt. Perkins] treated us like family.” Yep.

CI Roller Dude

Rock on!

Just Plain Jason

If I remember correctly he tried sneaking away and being as anonymous as possible. Didn’t work….

ex AF

The American military does this a lot. And we’ll always say the other guy is a real hero. And so it goes…

Sustainer

Does he get a special waiver for the APFT so that he can carry his balls in a wheelbarrow for the 2 mile run? Unbelievable courage.

Twist

@12, No because his big brass balls finish about 15 seconds before he does.

idaho2run

Excellent. He shows why NCOs are the backbone of the Army. And then we have the pathetic POS posers that are highlighted on this blog in comparison.
I think 10th Mountain and the Service have about a bus load of new fans, at the very least.
Way to go SGT.