{"id":58729,"date":"2015-03-13T12:32:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T16:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=58729"},"modified":"2015-03-13T13:42:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T17:42:00","slug":"marine-sergeant-steve-whitaker-saving-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=58729","title":{"rendered":"Marine Sergeant Steve Whitaker saving the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chief Tango sends us the story<\/a> of Marine Sergeant Steve Whitaker who came upon an accident near Columbia, SC<\/del> MO. The driver of a flipped vehicle was lying in the middle of the highway and crawling towards the fast lane. Whitaker pulled the obviously intoxicated Charles Yelm to safety, while Yelm protested that he didn’t want to go back to jail. When Yelm, left the scene after Whitaker called for help, the sergeant followed him;<\/p>\n

Whitaker said he saw Yelm approach a nearby home.<\/p>\n

“I followed him, just because I didn’t know what he was going to do,” Whitaker said.<\/p>\n

That home belongs to Kenneth Lammers, who said he was originally worried that Yelm was injured.<\/p>\n

“He was lying between a bush and my front door,” Lammers said. “He got up then and told me he didn’t want to go back to jail. I asked him if there was anyone he wanted to call, and he said no.”<\/p>\n

Yelm then entered the Lammers’ home.<\/p>\n

“When I walked up to the house, I saw him in the laundry room,” Whitaker said. “So I tried to open the door, but Yelm held it shut.”<\/p>\n

Whitaker said Yelm eventually let him in.<\/p>\n

“I introduced myself to the couple, let them know I was a Marine,” said Whitaker. “I made sure to put myself in between them and him in case he was going to try anything.”<\/p>\n

When Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Cooper County Sheriff’s Department arrived, Whitaker said Yelm tried to escape. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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