Homeless man rescued (9yr old) girl in North Las Vegas crash

[NVMojo]

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Stan Washburn thought of his own daughters on Saturday as he looked at the bloodied face of 9-year-old girl and tried to heave a 5,000-pound car off her contorted body.

"I could see them in her eyes from time to time beneath all the blood," the 48-year-old homeless man told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

"I mean, I knew it wasn't one of my little girls, but I remember them when they were that little, and I knew it was somebody's little girl. I was devastated by the accident. I just couldn't let her die.'"

It was 2:30 p.m. Saturday as the one-eyed Washburn sat drinking beer with friends on a cement wall between a Jack In The Box restaurant and the Silver Nugget Bowling Center in North Las Vegas.

He saw the 9-year-old girl, who had been waiting across the street with an older woman, suddenly run into the street, straight into the path of a late model Cadillac, Washburn said Monday.

Brakes screamed. So did the older woman. Washburn is sure he could hear the girl, who was being dragged under the car, yelling "No."

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2006/nov/28/112810001.html

[ckramer]

1. Homelessness is the shame of this country

Only in America.

[medeak]

2. what a great story!

just returned from Vegas and saw a young fellow sitting on the curb sobbing. My 90 yr old Dad made me go back and offer him help. It was heartbreaking.

[NVMojo]

3. I love your dad!!! And you!!!

:pals:

[ninkasi]

4. What a truly beautiful thing to do

When I see the homeless, I see their unknown stories of pain, and rejection. I could never blame them, because who would truly want to be homeless? They are our fellow human beings, and deserve our help. I hope and pray that Mr. Washburn will be reunited with his family, and receive some kind of help.

He stepped forward to help, and that's all I need to know about him. Maybe his daughters can take the step of reaching out to him, and helping him get the kind of assistance he needs. Since I am an imperfect person, who has caused pain to others, even though that was not my intention, I can only feel compassion for Mr. Washburn.

[Skittles]

6. a conservative coworker once asked me, why do you feed those bums?

I told him, "Because they are hungry."

[Mnemosyne]

7. Amen Skittles. n/t

[MissMillie]

9. Yep... and

"because I *can* help... I will"

[ninkasi]

12. Isn't it strange, Skittles?

That conservatives can't understand why we try to help others? Well, for my own part, I can never understand conservatives, either. Something is missing from their own hearts, and it seems to be the part that makes us human. You are a good person, and the coworker might as well be an alien life form, because his humanity seems questionable.

[calimary]

5. The "least of My brethren" made the greatest difference here.

Kick.

[Javaman]

8. Isn't Las Veges the same city that banned feeding the Homeless in the parks?

I vaguely remember a story about that. That the city council banned the feeding of homeless in the cities parks and people can get fined if they do?

Was it Las Veges?

[Ex Lion Tamer]

10. Yes it was.

But a judge overturned it.

[Javaman]

11. I didn't hear that. That's a bit of good news. :) thanks. nt

[Ex Lion Tamer]

13. That pesky Constitution keeps getting in their way.

[bleedingheart]

14. what a good man...