Man with a silver 05 sporty Astra...

Kess73

...on the Ballinacurra road about 30 minutes ago.


A big well done to you whoever you are, you probably saved a young child's life with your reactions.



I was walking along the main Ballinacurra road on the right hand side heading out towards the Crescent shopping centre, when a silver astra driving on the road coming against me came skidding to a halt. The driver, a big guy with glasses and a goatee who looked in his 30's, literally leapt out of the car and sprinted across the road with a car coming against him, he scooped up something off of the road and landed on the footpath on the other side.

It was only as he started to get up that I realised that it was a tiny child of about two or three that he had grabbed from in front of the oncoming cars. The mother of the child had been standing nearby chatting and had not noticed the baby getting out of it's buggy.

He handed the child back to the mother who was pale faced as I think it sunk in how close her kid had come to dying, and then he came back across the road to his car, near where I was still standing, gobsmacked at how quick he stopped and reacted as he was a big lad.

He had a nice cut on his arm from where it must have hit the kerb, but he was not waiting around for applause, he just saved the kid, checked it was ok, and then got into the car and drove down into Ballinacurra gardens.


If anyone knows the guy, then he is a bit of a hero in my eyes and must be in the eyes of that mother too. If you come onto Boards, Silver Astra man, then well done once again to you, I hope that something great happens in your life for they way you reacted today.

krudler

Bloody hell, fair play to that guy

contraceptor

Jesus what an idoit! the mother that is!

Berty

contraceptor wrote: »

Jesus what an idoit! the mother that is!

Yep you need a license to have a dog but anybody can have a child. :rolleyes:

Also, fair play to that guy.

puntosporting

Thats a great story and shows that there are some decent Limerick people

Orim

Silver Astra man for president!

Skuxx

You would have to question the reactions of the driver that was about to hit the baby, surely s/he must have seen it?

Fair play to silver astra man anyway!

D-A-V-E

nice to hear stories like this.

have a look out for headings on AH like, 'i saved someone today' or something along those lines..i would but im banned from there!

krudler

puntosporting wrote: »

Thats a great story and shows that there are some decent Limerick people

How do we know he was from Limerick? and whats that got to do with anything?

Firefox10

Fair play to the man.

TestTransmission

Legend

puntosporting

krudler wrote: »

How do we know he was from Limerick? and whats that got to do with anything?

FFS Nothing but negativity towards limerick lately on this forum im glad there is an up beat thread for once!
But still someone tries to put a negative twist on it:rolleyes:

phill106

Well done that man.

Itsdacraic

Can't wait for the IrishVamp thread:


3 year old Child attacked by scumbag on Childers Rd

Kess73

krudler wrote: »

How do we know he was from Limerick? and whats that got to do with anything?

I was only guessing he was local as he had a Limerick reg and pulled into the estate just off of the road.


Not that it matters where he is from, he still did what he did, and did not try to make a big deal about it afterwards.

The more I think about it though, the more I think I have seen him working somewhere before. He is pretty big and tall, so would stand out a bit.

Kess73

Itsdacraic wrote: »

Can't wait for the IrishVamp thread:


3 year old Child attacked by scumbag on Childers Rd

It was not on Childers Road :P


It was the Ballinacurra road near where the party shop is.

Amazotheamazing

Itsdacraic wrote: »

Can't wait for the IrishVamp thread:


3 year old Child attacked by scumbag on Childers Rd

Surely Vamp's thread would be more dramatic and edgy, like

"Three year old scumbag stabs rescuer in the arm, rescuer's car probably stolen and he'll no doubt die shortly from his wounds"

Fair play to the guy though.

irishleedsfan

Fair play to the guy. Hero.

krudler

puntosporting wrote: »

FFS Nothing but negativity towards limerick lately on this forum im glad there is an up beat thread for once!
But still someone tries to put a negative twist on it:rolleyes:

Not what I meant at all, why does it matter if he was/wasnt from Limerick? I did agree it was a great thing he did, just dont see why people have to be labelled, how about instead of "there are decent Limerick people" the poster said "there are decent human beings" would other people from Limerick have just let the kid get ran over?

baza1976

Itsdacraic wrote: »

Can't wait for the IrishVamp thread:


3 year old Child attacked by scumbag on Childers Rd

Classic:D

buttercupbee

I think the guy works in a bank and also is a bouncer.

A friend of mine dated the guy Im describing, same car (Astra) at the time, lived in Ballinacurra, though I never met him, it was over real quick

Jumpy

buttercupbee wrote: »

I think the guy works in a bank and also is a bouncer.

A friend of mine dated the guy Im describing, same car (Astra) at the time, lived in Ballinacurra, though I never met him, it was over real quick

Looks like she lost out

irishvamp90

Good stuff,some good people left:)

if people dont like my posts on real life here in limerick dont read them,certain people seem to have a problem with me,a few bully boys.Who is the mod to contact here?

Anyho great story to start a day

irishvamp90

Itsdacraic wrote: »

Can't wait for the IrishVamp thread:


3 year old Child attacked by scumbag on Childers Rd

Why are you making up silly comments like that?I dont make up lies about such serious matters,if you have a problem with me dont read my posts thanks

tomcollins97

Contact the Leader to see if they can write an article to try & trace him. He deserves recognition for what he did

source

A real hero is someone who is not obliged to help but still does, no matter what the risk to himself.

Fair play to him, and he showed some amount of class by not hanging around for kudos.

Kess73

Got a mail today from a boardsie who knows the guy.


He does live in Ballinacurra but never worked in a bank or as a bouncer.

His first name is Mike, and he used to work in the Crescent Shopping centre in one of the music shops.

The Boardsie who contacted me had the reg number right, and gave a perfect description of the guy.


So Mike, another well done to you.

Mcloke

Well done to Mike and hopefully the toddlers mum has learnt a valuable lesson that she remembers.

Raiser

I'd like to put a new Toddler on the road somewhere and Shannon and see who can rescue it quicker - Man in Red Van - Roadworks Limerick to Shannon or Man with a silver 05 sporty Astra...

Jumpy wrote: »

Looks like she lost out

Yeah lots of Mammies wish they could let their kids play in traffic secure in the knowledge that their Hubby has a good run, scoop and dive manoeuvre.......!!!

buttercupbee

Raiser wrote: »

I'd like to put a new Toddler on the road somewhere and Shannon and see who can rescue it quicker - Man in Red Van - Roadworks Limerick to Shannon or Man with a silver 05 sporty Astra...

Yeah lots of Mammies wish they could let their kids play in traffic secure in the knowledge that their Hubby has a good run, scoop and dive manoeuvre.......!!!

That's not funny at all - be it about any hypothetical toddler or about two quick thinking men having a child saving competition.

Jumpy who said "she lost out" was in fact referring to my FRIEND who dated a guy of Astra man's description which the dating didnt work out
and NOT about ANY mother wishing their child would play in traffic so as to be saved by a passer by.

Quite thoughtless. Tut tut.

Jumpy

*cough* what?

I meant she lost the chance with a hero. Nothing about kids and traffic at all.


Has this guy received the recognition he deserves yet?

Gneez

hurrah!

Kess73

I see the Chronicle have a small article on what the guy did in today's paper.

blobber

its just shows you that not all (poeple) are scumbags and do have a sence of pride and humanity left in them that guy is a man that shows you you dont need thanks for doing something right

Kess73

blobber wrote: »

its just shows you that not all (poeple) are scumbags and do have a sence of pride and humanity left in them that guy is a man that shows you you dont need thanks for doing something right

Very true, I think he did show some class in the way he just made sure the kid was fine and the mother too, and then simply left.

He defo deserved to have the article written about him though. Would have loved to have seen him named and thanked as I gave the paper his full car reg, as I took a pic of his car with my phone when he pulled in, and the name given to me by a boardsie, but maybe he declined that if the paper got in touch with him.