FROM A JANITOR TO A HERO SCHOOL CUSTODIAN LAUDED FOR HALTING DOG ATTACK.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer LANCASTER -- A Lancaster School District Lancaster School District may refer to:
The pit bull mix got on the school grounds before classes started June 9 and chased one boy up a chain-link fence, then pulled him down, biting his arms and legs. When custodian Russell Brown Russell Leslie Brown (born September 17, 1951) is a Scottish Labour Party politician. He is Member of Parliament for Dumfries and Galloway. Russell Brown was born in Annan, Scotland, and attended the local Annan Academy. arrived, he kicked and punched the dog until it let the boy go. ``The boy was just screaming to get him off,'' said Brown, 42. ``When I figured out the dog wouldn't attack me, I attacked the dog. I kicked and punched him as much as I could. I kicked the dog all over and punched him as much as I could until he let go. When the dog stopped biting the boy, that was the end of it. It was like a light switch had turned off.'' Brown held the dog by the collar and tied him to a fence pole and by that time sheriff's deputies and paramedics arrived. The dog was taken away by county animal-control officers. The boy was taken to a hospital emergency room where he was treated for lacerations, Superintendent Steve Gocke said. The board honored Brown at Tuesday's meeting and gave him a standing ovation. Principal Tara Brown commended Brown for ``bravery Bravery See also Heroism. Achilles foremost Greek hero of Trojan War; brave and formidable warrior. [Gk. Hist.: NCE, 12] Adrastus courageous Indian prince; Rinaldo’s enemy. [Ital. Lit. and quick thinking'' in saving the boy from what could have been life-threatening injuries. ``It was an honor. I appreciated that. It was very nice of them to do that. I didn't expect that,'' Brown said. Brown, a 10-year employee, usually works nights at Endeavour Middle School but was filling in on the day shift at Linda Verde when the dog attacked the boy before school started at about 7:45 a.m. ``The dog was running around on the playground and the kids were chasing it "Chasing It" is the eighty-first episode of the HBO original series, The Sopranos,and the fourth episode of the second half of the show's sixth season. The episode was written by Matthew Weiner and was directed by Tim Van Patten. . Someone radioed the custodian to come,'' Gocke said. ``By the time he got there, the chasing got the dog excited. One kid climbed a fence, the dog jumped on him, and the custodian got the dog off of him.'' Brown said he was in the cafeteria cafeteria: see restaurant. while breakfast was being served when he got the radio call. ``I got the call about a dog on campus and thought it was a run-of-mill mutt walking on campus,'' Brown said. ``At first I thought it was an average dog. Then I saw it was a pit bull and then the whole scope of the thing changed.'' ``I really had no fear,'' Brown said. ``It was just fear was out, just get the dog off the boy. The dog probably thought he was licked lick v. licked, lick·ing, licks v.tr. 1. To pass the tongue over or along: lick a stamp. 2. To lap up. 3. . The whole ordeal ordeal, ancient legal custom whereby an accused person was required to perform a test, the outcome of which decided the person's guilt or innocence. By an ordeal, appeal was made to divine authority to decide the guilt or innocence of one accused of a crime or to lasted probably 30 seconds.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Russell Brown, a custodian at Linda Verde School in Lancaster, has won praise for rescuing a fourth-grade boy from a pit bull attack two weeks ago. (2) ``I really had no fear,'' Russell Brown said of the pit bull attack. ``It was just fear was out, just get the dog off the boy. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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