July 26, 2022
"Manna walked past a 'trail closed' sign and made his way down the path for about 10 or 15 minutes, looking left and right for any sign of the child."
"Near the end of the trail, he said, he caught a glimpse of water through the trees. 'I sprinted down to it and I saw there was a stream, and I saw a T-shirt and a diaper floating in it... My heart dropped.'... He ran down the stream to look for her and ended up in a marsh. There was a naked child splashing in it.
'She was playing in the water, and it was up to her waist.... I called out to her, but I didn’t want to scream, because I thought that would scare her. She was walking toward deeper water that was about 10 feet out, so I told her to stop.'
When the girl didn’t listen to him, Manna said, he quickly peeled off his shoes and socks and waded out to her. She was about 30 feet away, he said.
'It was a real muddy marsh — my feet started sinking into the bottom like [it was] quicksand... When I reached her, I picked her up by the armpits, held her as high as I could and brought her back to land.'"
The other people looking for the child — who is autistic — were looking in their backyards and garages when Manna decided to go into the woods.
"When the mom saw us, she ran to us, grabbed the girl and went to the ground with her to hug her for the longest time, probably 30 minutes.... Things happen, and I’d hate for her to think it was her fault."
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Great news for a morning start.
Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear tool belts.
Any Mom would have done the same... For HER child
Most men would have done the same.. For ANY child
This is the difference, between men and women
Good man. Good intuition.
Thank G-d for toxic masculinity.
Between solar panel guy today and pizza guy pulling ~5 kids out of a fire last week cause he was driving by.....we have the heroes we need. They are all around us.
Manna from heaven
"Any Mom would have done the same... For HER child
"Most men would have done the same.. For ANY child
"This is the difference, between men and women"
You must know some shitty women.
Name some women that have Robert!
Come on, Name Some! Name some women that have risked their lives to save someone else's child
Here's a google search on woman risks life to save child
Plenty of the there!, but nearly ALL end up being
Moms Who've Risked It All to Save Their Kids
There was one though (ONE!) https://www.passiton.com/passiton-blog/114-woman-risks-her-own-life-to-save-three-children
You must know some shitty women.
Mostly Democrats.
How many five—year-olds were diapers?
That’s grade one age. By that point my kids were pretty decent swimmers, even though they are not particularly athletic.
As a generality, the concept of men heroically saving strangers and women focused inwardly to protect their own offspring is likely true and probably reflects evolutionary advantages.
Now, though? Far too few women and men care enough about human life to put their own lives or well-being on the line. That’s the legacy of the sexual revolution, the fetish of individual autonomy, and unlimited access to abortion.
It IS encouraging to see exceptions like this story of a good man heeding the call for help.
It's not merely what women will or won't do to protect others. It's social expectations.
If a kid drowns in a river and there are people standing there afterwards, we expect the women to be upset, possibly weeping. We expect the men to be wet from having, at least, tried to do something.
Beautiful story. Beautiful stories - I liked the documentary about Jack Powers also. I never spent long in jail - just a few days here and there for pro-life stuff. But I've never forgotten how it felt to get out and feel weather. And since then, I always know I'm free - to leave a room, to choose a meal, the look at the whole sky, to do something with my life. So it must be utterly overwhelming but in a great way to be out after 22 years in solitary. Still I was glad when Jack Powers went somewhere intrinsically beautiful and did something truly significant and then got back with real people. It was all so human. The other guy, Manna, had all that but he was ready to do more; he risked it all for a stranger. That's what you call "above and beyond."
All the girls and guys I swim with are experienced former lifeguards. We all have humorous rescue stories from both professional and johnny on the spot incidents. Lily livered libtard Santa Cruz girls schooled in Jr Guards make ocean rescues all the time. Freshwater phony gilbar claims he craves dyed ginger barflys whom he wants us to believe fuck like alleycats. Weak men can't help their gynophobia, reflexively put down women.
See? Solar panels save lives!
It's not merely what women will or won't do to protect others. It's social expectations.
Yes, social expectations and natural obligations, to each other, to your children, to others, when you can, if you can, within and sometimes beyond reason. The division of duties does not diminish either sex who accepts responsibility.
And, you'll note that the activists are all concerned about the "messages" sent to little girls, the ones that supposedly set them up for a lifetime of cyclic abuse by the patriarchy. She's supposed to be affirmed continuously and set up for success. No little princess outfits, no baby dolls to nurture.
Meanwhile, little boys? They get the full dose of conditioning to self-sacrifice and self-destruct in the service of others, 'cos that's to the benefit of the people raising those little boys, the women. Defer to the feminine, put yourself last; die in service to women. These are messages that they still send. They get all concerned when their daughters want to dress up pretty and be the princess, but do they show the slightest bit of concern about their sons playing firefighter, or other dangerous service profession? Nope.
Which lays bare the hypocrisy at the root of all this. You'll never hear a parent tell a boy that he needn't be concerned if he didn't measure up to the imaginary heroic standard; instead, if he steps back from the brink of diving into the swelling flood, he'll likely be excoriated as a coward. Meanwhile, his sister will be lauded for her "brave effort" in taking some job that she's got zero physical aptitude for.
Modern life and society is a creation of the reality-challenged. The various and sundry "thought-leaders" have made believe that the raw facts of human biology do not obtain any longer, despite the fact that those facts are, as yet, still immutable and intrinsic to our existence. This is why so many people are suicidal and confused; they've been told things that simply are not true, and the cognitive dissonance involved in coping with those lies is what is killing them.
Trying to bask in the reflected glory of being a member of the "XY Heroes Club" is sad and gross. Saying "I could have done that because I'm a man, but not you chicks," just sounds really small.
It's also ridiculous: Here is a woman saving strangers' children. Here is another.
Here is another. Here is another. Here is another. Here is another.
Does not diminish who accepts the responsibility. Exactly. But that wasn't exactly the subject.
Along with ordinary people, one can easily find any number of accounts of female police officers killed in the line of duty.
Five years is late for using a diaper, but my son insisted on doing so until he was nearly five, and he's grown up normally since then. The child being autistic may be a factor as well. I don't think we can conclude that she was a Bad Mother simply based on the diaper use.
Just to add one more anecdote, my sister and two of her young children fell into the shark tank at the New Orleans Aquarium, circa 2003 or 2004 I think, due to negligence of the facility in setting up a behind the scene event for members (crowds were directed onto a makeshift bridge over the tank, which collapsed when weight limit was exceeded.)
She and her kids were strong swimmers so she quickly assessed that her two girls were making their way to safety but as she was doing so and swimming up herself a stranger grabbed her leg. It was a grown man who apparently couldn’t swim and/or was panicking so my sister reached down and pulled him to the surface.
I think most decent people would respond to another persons distress to the best of their ability, and adrenaline undoubtedly helps.
CStanley. That's true. It happens. Point is, social expectations. See "the disposable male".
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