{"id":80253,"date":"2018-06-30T08:48:29","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T12:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=80253"},"modified":"2018-06-30T08:48:29","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T12:48:29","slug":"lt-col-john-hall-saving-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=80253","title":{"rendered":"Lt. Col. John Hall saving the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Stars & Stripes<\/a> tells the story of Lieutenant Colonel John Hall, a 53-year-old Michigan Guardsman serving with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Italy who was enjoying a family outing at a swimming hole on the Astica River in Italy when he saw an Italian man struggling in the water;<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought something has to happen right now. I thought I\u2019m the only guy in a position to do something,\u201d Hall said in an interview Friday. \u201cSo I just jumped.\u201d<\/p>\n

He spread his arms wide as he descended in his shorts, Hawaiian shirt, shoes and socks, he said. Then he started swimming.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came up from behind him and I just wrapped my arm around his throat and immediately turned into a sidestroke. I popped him on my hip,\u201d Hall said. \u201cHe completely quit fighting. I think he\u2019d given up at that point. The look in his eyes \u2014 he was in shock or terrified.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hall swam the man to the steep riverbank and along with the other two Italians helped push him up the rocks to safety.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hall credits his paratrooper training for his heroic rescue;<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re asked to drop into situations where we don\u2019t have all the support \u2014 so we have to be very agile,\u201d Hall said. \u201cYou have to go into it with a great deal of confidence, and that\u2019s what I did. By the grace of God it turned out well for everybody.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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