Daily Article on Lewan, Schofield, and Bellomy helping crash victim

I am glad to hear about it.  If they hadn't done anything, we wouldn't have heard anything.  In this case, I say that they deserve some recognition.  Giant write-up seems like a bit of an overstatement.  In other news, how do the floors in their house withstand the weight?  Those three weigh a combined 834lbs!

It's noteworthy because there were noteworthy individuals involved.  Maybe it's "expected" that they should react this way, but then why isn't it expected for ANYONE to respond in this manner?  What do a bunch of jocks know about first aid to a car crash victim?  Probably not much, if anything.  That they responded is a positive testament to their character.  They could just as easily have dialed 911 and called it a day.  

Great story, although not particularly well-written.  Reads like a blog post, not a news article.  

I was run off the road by a family in their car. I flipped over and broke my back. They pulled into their driveway, went inside, and closed the blinds. I had to lay there until someone else came along. 

The general urge not to get involved is pretty high among many people. I don't think that they are "heroes" but I do think their actions are worth recognition.

I agree in that the writer of the article was clearly trying to make it more dramatic (also I'm not sure how that last sentence made it past the editor - is pausing a video game a big sacrifice?) but I'd much rather there be a hundred articles like this in the paper rather than the miserable shit we usually see.

were asked about at the end of their questioning during yesterday's press conference.  About the only time in the presser that Lewan was smiling, a kind of gosh-shucks thing from each of them (i.e., not at all Being Heroes).  I was hoping to find out more details, not being able to hear the full questions. 

The article does call the Red Sox Cap Man the hero, and both Schofield and Lewan mentioned him (Taylor saying he was a trainer at Eastern Michigan, Mike only knowing he was a trainer).  But there was fire involved, and most people would shy away from such a situation, even if only suspected.  Our guys were big, the trainer knew what to do.  A nice story and worthy of taking notice. 

[To OA:  Perhaps the article sounds "blog-like" to you because it's a human interest story rather than straight news?  There's a lot of good writing to be found on blogs these days, as well as not-so-erudite or properly spelled.  As we well know. And I thought the writer did a fine job.]

Nowhere in the article does the writer state that the football players are "heroes," and the players refuse any characterization of themselves as "heroes". Not only that, but both the players and the writer openly acknowledged that the true "hero" is the anonymous guy in the Red Sox hat.

Yet for some bizarre freaking reason you're complaining about "making heroes out of these guys" and offer the original insight that "the unknown guy who took the lead" is the real hero.

On top of that, you maintain that while helping somebody who's in serious physical danger isn't worth noting in the press, it would be noteworthy if the players were dicks about the incident on Twitter.

Are you Michael Rosenberg?