I want to be like Ann Timson when I grow up.
71 year old Ann Timson, aka "Super Gran" has fiery red hair and a firm determination to defend the defenseless.
Dressed in a red coat and wearing support bandages on her legs, Ann was ready for her dance class later in the day. At the top of the hill she saw what she thought was a group of thugs beating up a boy.
Though she is 71 years old, suffers from arthritis, and has to use a wheelchair at times Ann sprinted to the rescue.
Ann humbly disagrees. "The legs would have collapsed on a run, so I wouldn't say it was a run. It was an amble."
When Ann arrived at the top of the hill she realized that the men she saw from a distance were thieves, using axes and hammers to break into a jewelry store in broad daylight.
All superheroes have hidden superpowers. Ann's is her courage. Armed only with a lightweight bag holding her purse and a newspaper, this frail little grandma attacked the whole group of six thieves. Some of the thieves tried to flee, but with Super Gran still attacking, they lost their balance on the get-away scooter, and were arrested.
Like any good hero, Ann denies that she did anything special.
In her Today show interview Super Gran admitted that this is not her first attempt to fight crime. She also organized a group to fight the crime happening in her neighborhood.
Though it might be reasonably argued that the wisest course of action would have been to use a cell phone to call the police, I admire Ann's spunk and the selfless way she risked her life to try to save someone she thought was being hurt.
The world would be a better place if there were more superheroes like Ann walking our streets.
Ann's heroism was caught on video. You've got to watch this!
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/i-m-not-super-gran-says-purse-wielding-woman/6ayrrcn?q=super+gran&FORM=VIRE8
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