A 32-year-old woman was in a medically induced coma after a man attacked her with a hammer and then set her Illinois house on fire.
Good Samaritan Ryan Flannery was driving past the victim's home when he saw her outside in trouble.
"The scariest part was when he was walking towards me because I think that he thought she was still inside and how did she escape and he wanted to drag her back and finish off the job," Flannery said.
"I asked, 'What happened? What happened?' She started screaming, 'The house is on fire. He tried to killing me,'" Flannery said. "She was like, 'He hit me with a hammer. He tried to light me on fire.'"
Flannery went to his trunk and grabbed a welding hammer and told the man to "stay back."
The woman, Amanda Zelko, remained hospitalized and the next 24-48 hours are critical, but her prognosis is good.
Zelko identified her attacker as Timothy Gregory, a relative of her fiancée.
He was arrested at the scene and faces arson and battery charges.
It was immediately unclear what prompted the attack.
Zelko's mother, Linda Zelko, said she is thankful that Flannery was there to help her daughter.
"There is kindness in the world ... people are kind and caring and stopped and took the time to help my daughter in her time of need," Linda Zelko said.
Flannery said: "I hope she recovers and I hope he rots in jail. Nobody should ever go through that."
OMG WTF is wrong with people? I swear humans are the scariest species on the planet.
ReplyDelete"He was arrested at the scene and faces arson and battery charges." They need to up that to attempted murder. Also the third sentence confuses me. The attacker stayed at the scene while Flannery with a welding hammer was helping the woman who the man tried to drag inside. Just trying to imagine this crazy scene.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful Good Samaritan. A lot of people are too scared to get involved or assume someone else will help (diffusion of responsibility). He deserves really nice things in this world.
ReplyDeleteHumans are the worst creatures in the entire universe.
ReplyDeleteThat's why we're out here all alone by ourselves.
The Aliens swing by every now and then to check on our growth.
They leave disappointed.
"a relative of her fiance" makes me think maybe he (allegedly) tried to have sex with her. When she refused, that triggered his uncontrollable anger.
A lot of icky crap happens on farms. People are isolated.
ReplyDelete@Hortensia - if you check the picture above, you can see that the house is maybe 50' from the houses on either side. Not exactly isolated.
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