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 Normal neighborly kindness comes in the form of giving a cup of sugar to that mom who is in the middle of baking and realizes she is out. Or maybe its checking their mail while they are vacationing and keeping an eye on the house. Still another might be mowing their yard or helping with trash cans. These gestures are all kind and loving in their own way building a sense of true community. But what if your neighbor is in harms way and being attacked? What if the only option is to risk your own life or physical injury by coming to their aid? Would you hesitate? Grant and Mason reunited after the attack Thankfully Grant Brown, a nineteen year old soon to be military recruit, did not stop to think about his own safety when he heard the screams of six-year-old neighbor Mason Lindeman. The little boy had been playing on his own driveway near the road with two other friends when a pit bull got loose and went on the attack. The dog honed in on Mason, tackling him to the ground, clamping h...

 No words can describe the level of evil that a little boy named Ronnie had to endure. His dad not only attacked and killed his mother & sister right in front of him, he also attacked him with the same intention. Somehow after being stabbed 20 times and set on fire, the little boy survived. Adding literal insult to injury this tortured young man had to testify in court where his dad stood as his own defense attorney allowing him to cross-examine Ronnie. In one brief audio clip from the trial the dad asks, "how did I hurt you?" to which the young man confidently said, "you stabbed me!" Ronnie told interviewers, "I stood my ground." when they asked him what it was like to face his dad in court again. The Blair family praying over a meal During Ronnie's hospital stay and recovery time he was visited by a very different kind of man, named Mike Blair who also happened to be the Hillsborough County Sherriff. Maybe sensing that Mike was a good man or m...

 Even the best self defense can fail a person in the heat of the moment. Your mind and body can freeze up. You can forget your moves and training. And if the attacker is just stronger than you, training can sometimes not be enough especially in cases where men attack women. That was probably what Thomas Jones was counting on when he first spotted Nashali Alma working out in the apartment complex gym. Posing as a resident he pulled on the door motioning to Nashali to let him in. Not thinking he was up to anything other than getting a workout going, she obliged and returned to her weights. Nashali Alma during NBC interview It didn't take long for Jones to start acting strange and approach Alma to grab her. Clearly noticing his lack of personal space she jumped into action initially batting his arms away, shoving him, and putting exercise equipment between her and the assailant. But soon he closed in and forced a physical confrontation and that is exactly what he got. Using her self d...