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Four teenage boys in Calgary, Canada are being hailed as heroes after they stopped the assault of a 15-year-old girl.
Their actions have earned them the Award for Exceptional Recognition from Calgary’s Police Department.
Arnaud Nimenya, Carsyn Wright, James Hielema and Starlyn Rives-Perez were reportedly hanging out together like they normally do. The four friends were skateboarding in an underground parking lot at a local mall, when they spotted something that didn’t seem quite right.
The young men noticed a man, who was very well-dressed, carrying a young girl who appeared to look very drunk and inebriated.
“She was screaming and yelling. She just wanted to be out of there. She was all scuffed up and dirty,” said Wright, one of the skateboarders.
The boys then went up to the man and began asking him questions. The man reassured them that they were calling the girl’s father.
“You don’t want to really think of the worst in somebody like that. You don’t want that situation to be real, so you just brush it off and hope for the best,” Wright said.
The four left, but still didn’t feel quite right about the situation.
They decided to return a couple of minutes later to check on the girl. What they saw happening next sent them springing into action.
After returning to check on the girl, they saw that the man was sexually assaulting her.
“You walk in, and you see something like that, and you freeze. You don’t know what to do,” Nimenya said about his initial reaction.
As soon as they got over their initial shock about what was going on, they immediately stepped in to help the girl.
“He was trying to walk out and walk away from us,” said Nimenya. “He pushed me aggressively out of the way, kinda like just gives me the smile, like, ‘I can do this. You can’t do anything about it.’”
After refusing to stop his actions, three of the young men chased the attacker off while one of them stayed behind with the girl.
The boys then chased the man and ended up in a physical confrontation when the man picked up one of their skateboards and began to hit them with it. Thankfully, it wasn’t long before the police arrived on the scene.
Police Officers arrested the man and charged him with sexual assault.
Police wanted to reward them by inviting them to the Chief’s Awards Gala. All four young men would receive an award from Chief Const. Roger Chaffin in recognition for their exceptional bravery.
At first, the boys were unsure about taking a call from the police chief.
“We always thought we were going to be in trouble because we fought with him. When they called us, we didn’t wanna answer.”
Thanks to these boys’ brave actions, this young girl is safe today.
June Milton
November 13, 2017 at 7:14 pm
Well done guys, you certainly stepped up to the plate for this unfortunate young lady, Santa will be bringing you something nice I am sure.