Inmates Save Officer

If we asked, who you would want by your side during an emergency, what would your answer be? Your spouse, your children, a medical professional? All of those answers would be understandable but in the case of Deputy Warren Hobbs, a Georgia prison guard for Gwinnett County Jail, those were not his options. While on duty Mr. Hobbs starting feeling strange and the inmates, who were locked in their cells at the time began to notice. He was breathing heavily, he was moving strangely, and he was sweating. What really tipped the prisoner's off though was when Hobbs removed his hat and hung his head. This is something the Deputy never did and soon one inmate called Mitchell "Smalls" started banging on his door yelling for the guard as he watched him lose consciousness. 

Unthwarted the yelling soon got louder as other cells joined in with the banging and the shouting of "Hobbs" name and his title "Deputy". This worked as it briefly caused the Warren to gain consciousness just long enough to hit a button on the control board in front of him, popping the door to the cell 617  just above him. As he did the two prisoners (Terry Lovelace & Walter Whitehead) came running down the stairs to aid the fallen officer. They used his radio to ask for help and soon medical teams were on the scene rendering aid. As is turns out Deputy Hobbs was suffering a heart attack and the quick thinking of these prisoners ended up saving his life.

When asked about their actions why they were willing to help a man in position to keep them under lock and key, their reply was, "We didn't do anything for Deputy Hobbs that he would not [have] did for us." They further described the officer as a wonderful man, a good officer, who respected them and commanded respect in return. So while most heroes wear a different kind of uniform, the heroes of this tale wore prison-issued-orange-scrubs put aside the barriers of authority just wanting to help a man in need.