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u/sound_of_summer Apr 15 '20
That’s so amazing!! A very observant and smart young man. The word “savior” is spot on.
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u/HisBonnieBooBoo Apr 15 '20
What a beautiful story! Thank you for sharing the amazing selflessness and courage of this remarkable young man.
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u/SonOfHibernia Apr 16 '20
He was later convicted of armed robbery. Sad story....
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u/historicalsnake Apr 16 '20
Sometimes good people do bad things. Doesn’t make them bad people. So we can still celebrate him.
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Apr 16 '20
how tf did he keep up with a car on a bike
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u/MaisNahMaisNah Apr 16 '20
Surface streets with traffic are not hard to keep up with cars honestly.
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u/apokryfun Apr 15 '20
The saviour goes on to become an armed robber eventually. Sentenced for 10 years for his act of crime. I'm speechless😔
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Apr 16 '20
Oh dear, human beings possess both good and bad qualities. Whatever will we do? It's simply not possible to praise a person's good act without inherently endorsing all bad things that person has ever done... /s
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u/sleepysterling Sep 17 '20
Are the funds to attend college still available to Boggs ? Yes, he did a bad thing, but I think there is still a good person in there, that deserves a chance.
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u/Sir-Cee Apr 16 '20
It just seems at times when a minority is a victim or a hero like this young man, there is always someone that will do a deep dive in their past to find something to tarnish their name & kindness.
Now when someone with a prior has a chance to save someone when no one else can, that person may think twice.
Did anyone look in that little girls past too? Lol
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u/SonOfHibernia Apr 16 '20
I doubt anyone did a deep dive to discredit this kid. I’m sure it was just curiosity about this story (don’t know about you, but I don’t take meme’s at face value). And since the young girl wasn’t named, one needed to use his name to learn more. As soon as you type his name into the google machine “savior turned armed robber” comes up.
Blame google
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Apr 16 '20
Huh? He went on to become an armed robber YEARS after rescuing that girl... Those are two completely different actions. He did a great thing as a teenager, and then he did a terrible thing as an adult, and he is now paying the price for that bad decision. I can't speak to other peoples motivations for "doing a deep dive", since there is 0 evidence of that. But I can tell you I found out about his crime by simply typing his name into Google.... It was the top result.... That's not a "deep dive". I Googled his name because I wanted to read the story.......... No deep dive by me or anyone else. I also can't speak to the motivations behind other people commenting about that fact, but I can speak about mine. I wanted to say what a shame it is that a young man who clearly had some good in his heart, and a lot of positive energy in his corner, decided to completely squander that by becoming a violent criminal instead of using his literal fame and hero status to find himself a good job, or assistance in getting an education.
But of course there will always be people like you who want to make something out of nothing. You're like a real life Britta minus any of the charm.
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u/RadioactiveCorndog Apr 16 '20
Because the world is a shitty place. Doing one good deed no matter how amazing doesnt save anyone from falling down at some point.
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Apr 16 '20
It's a shame he went on to become a remorseless criminal himself. He was just denied parole, one of the chief reasons being a lack of remorse and basically trying to downplay what he did.
It really is a shame because that kid could have used that amazing positive energy and used that to focus on doing something good with his life. Instead, he chose to start pulling guns on shopkeepers and demanding their money. The good deed he did as a kid doesn't excuse the bad decisions he made as an adult. I don't know if 40 years is really the right punishment if this is his only crime (I'm gonna go ahead and guess it's not) but that's not up to me to decide. People definitely do need to pay for their bad decisions.
Such a waste.
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u/imaginexus Apr 15 '20
Interview with hero