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Story of the Day

Via NPR, this Sto­ryCorps story about Julio Diaz, who was get­ting off a sub­way in the Bronx when a teenage boy approached and pulled a knife:

He wants my money, so I just gave him my wal­let and told him, ‘Here you go,’” Diaz says.

As the teen began to walk away, Diaz told him, “Hey, wait a minute. You for­got some­thing. If you’re going to be rob­bing peo­ple for the rest of the night, you might as well take my coat to keep you warm.”

There’s much more to the story. Have a listen/

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Mark Bennett got his letter of marque from the Supreme Court of Texas in May 1995. He is famous for having no sense of humor when it comes to totalitarianism.

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One Response to “Story of the Day”

  1. PJ says:

    Great story. I’ve some­times won­dered how I’d react under sim­i­lar circumstances.

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