{"id":32376,"date":"2012-10-13T09:58:13","date_gmt":"2012-10-13T13:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=32376"},"modified":"2012-10-13T09:58:13","modified_gmt":"2012-10-13T13:58:13","slug":"sgt-jacob-perkins-saving-the-world-by-the-bus-loads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=32376","title":{"rendered":"SGT Jacob Perkins saving the world by the bus loads"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Huffington Post<\/a>, they tell us that SGT Jacob Perkins, who we first discussed last July<\/a>, 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;<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen his life was on the line, he chose to do what most other normal human beings wouldn\u2019t do,\u201d Mark Milley, Commanding General, Fort Drum said at an awards event. \u201cHe ran into the back of a burning bus and saved people even though he stood a better than 50-50 shot of dying himself.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u2019 actions, according to ABC. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n