Hero dad rescues man found collapsed in frozen woodland (From The Argus)
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Hero dad rescues man found collapsed in frozen woodland
10:00am Monday 21st January 2013 in News Exclusive By Anna Roberts, Crime reporter
HERO: Mr Roberts
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A man was found freezing to death in woodland after apparently being attacked and left for dead.
The victim was unconscious when he was discovered by Toby Roberts as the father-of-one took a short-cut across land near Eastbourne College.
Mr Roberts, 32, has now been hailed as a hero for saving the unnamed 22-year-old’s life.
Police are investigating whether the man, who was suffering from hypothermia and was bloody and battered when he was found, had been attacked and abandoned on the snowy ground.
Before being taken away by ambulance the man managed to whisper: “I’ve been beaten up.”
Mr Roberts, of Seaford, spotted the victim out of the corner of his eye at 8.30am on Saturday as he walked through land off Paradise Drive, Eastbourne, on the way to the gym The Prison Service employee said: “He looked terrible – like a zombie.
“He was groaning and was initially unconscious.
“I thought he was dead.”
The 32-year-old, who has a one-year-old son with fiancée Alyssa McDiarmid, continued: “He was just lying there.
I rushed over and I honestly thought he was dead. I called 999 and said they had to get there ASAP.
“They gave me instructions over the phone and at the same time I saw two women jogging in the distance so called them and they got a car to stop.
“A woman got a blanket it out the car and wrapped it around the man.
“He was so confused by this point. He was just groaning, ‘Where am I?’ “The police asked me what I thought had happened and I think he had been attacked on the golf course and thrown into the woodland.
“If I hadn’t been there it could have been too late.
“It was so cold – but I just did what anyone would do.”
Miss McDiarmid, 32, said: “He is a hero. If he had not found him it could have been so much worse.
“He really saved his life.”
A Sussex Police spokesman said the incident was referred to the force by the ambulance service at 9.10am on Saturday.
He said: “Our inquiries are at an early stage.”
Comments(30)
lordenglandofsussex
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11:08am Mon 21 Jan 13
willy harris wrote:I say back to the days of wearing a gun, then these cowardly scum will think twice!
once more we have to put up with sub humans loose on the streets, when will people realise that these rats that do this kind of thing to other people are useless bags of ++++, that should never have drawn breath,one punishment,?????????
?
runnergirl
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12:37pm Mon 21 Jan 13
lordenglandofsussex wrote:Er... when was that, exactly?
willy harris wrote:I say back to the days of wearing a gun, then these cowardly scum will think twice!
once more we have to put up with sub humans loose on the streets, when will people realise that these rats that do this kind of thing to other people are useless bags of ++++, that should never have drawn breath,one punishment,?????????
?
mustaphaLeeko
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12:47pm Mon 21 Jan 13
runnergirl wrote:Lol!
lordenglandofsussex wrote:Er... when was that, exactly?
willy harris wrote:I say back to the days of wearing a gun, then these cowardly scum will think twice!
once more we have to put up with sub humans loose on the streets, when will people realise that these rats that do this kind of thing to other people are useless bags of ++++, that should never have drawn breath,one punishment,?????????
?
Don't know your history do you, it was commonplace for people to have firearms until the gun control act of 1903.
Before that ANYBODY could own a firearm without any police checks etc etc.
Hove Actually
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1:17pm Mon 21 Jan 13
Algeria Touchshriek
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1:47pm Mon 21 Jan 13
Abdoms like poppadoms.
But well done. Some folk would have left him to die no doubt.
Biker123
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1:49pm Mon 21 Jan 13
runnergirl
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2:14pm Mon 21 Jan 13
mustaphaLeeko wrote:Ah, thanks for the history lesson. Just as well the law changed, then, otherwise the poor chap might have been shot instead of just beaten up. Well done to the Good Samaritan, anyway.
runnergirl wrote:Lol!
lordenglandofsussex wrote:Er... when was that, exactly?
willy harris wrote:I say back to the days of wearing a gun, then these cowardly scum will think twice!
once more we have to put up with sub humans loose on the streets, when will people realise that these rats that do this kind of thing to other people are useless bags of ++++, that should never have drawn breath,one punishment,?????????
?
Don't know your history do you, it was commonplace for people to have firearms until the gun control act of 1903.
Before that ANYBODY could own a firearm without any police checks etc etc.
MuammarQaddafi
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3:01pm Mon 21 Jan 13
Ouseler
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3:01pm Mon 21 Jan 13
Hove Actually wrote:Hey! There's stinging nettles and prickles in those woods you know..I bet Indiana Jones would have been scared.
Hero, really?
Anyway, it's the Argus...hero is easy to spell...
That'smyname
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3:43pm Mon 21 Jan 13
Ouseler wrote:I am sure you would be thanking the guy if it was one of your relatives that he had found..Pathetic individuals.. He saved someone and that is that..
Hove Actually wrote:Hey! There's stinging nettles and prickles in those woods you know..I bet Indiana Jones would have been scared.
Hero, really?
Anyway, it's the Argus...hero is easy to spell...
That'smyname
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3:47pm Mon 21 Jan 13
Hove Actually wrote:Pathetic..at theend of the day if that guy hadn't seen him he would of been dead. So yes HERO!! Let's pray if you ever need any help someone would be there to help you. Or maybe your just very bitter and sad!? Just a thought. Hove isn't that great!!
Hero, really?
getThisCoalitionOut
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3:51pm Mon 21 Jan 13
I don't know him but I hope he's ok and if he was beaten up I hope the disgusting scum that did this to him are found very soon and the full force of law thrown at them - at least a long prison sentence, but I know that's unlikely in East Sussex.
Hove Actually
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3:56pm Mon 21 Jan 13
Then people like you consider him a hero.
What descriptor do you have for firemen who run into a burning building or our servicemen currently in theatre, the police who do this on a daily basis?
He may be a decent person but I have to say again, Hero?
That'smyname
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4:01pm Mon 21 Jan 13
Hove Actually wrote:As i said if anyone saves someone by chance if their out walking or swimming or because of their job then of course they are classed as a hero.. Get over yourself for goodness sake, it's people like you that drag others down.
So a bloke who is out for a "walk" finds someone injured and does the decent thing, gets thanked ..........
Then people like you consider him a hero.
What descriptor do you have for firemen who run into a burning building or our servicemen currently in theatre, the police who do this on a daily basis?
He may be a decent person but I have to say again, Hero?
Tammy Flugh
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4:13pm Mon 21 Jan 13
mustaphaLeeko wrote:Yes. One of my grandmothers was a walking arsenal.
runnergirl wrote:Lol!
lordenglandofsussex wrote:Er... when was that, exactly?
willy harris wrote:I say back to the days of wearing a gun, then these cowardly scum will think twice!
once more we have to put up with sub humans loose on the streets, when will people realise that these rats that do this kind of thing to other people are useless bags of ++++, that should never have drawn breath,one punishment,?????????
?
Don't know your history do you, it was commonplace for people to have firearms until the gun control act of 1903.
Before that ANYBODY could own a firearm without any police checks etc etc.
Roundbill
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4:33pm Mon 21 Jan 13
Happy days!
RainbowG
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4:39pm Mon 21 Jan 13
Now this is where it gets interesting, I read the Argus everyday and the name 'McDiarmid' rang a bell, so I googled it, and as I thought, Miss McDiarmid seems to be a very lucky lady, as not only is her fiancé a hero, her son is a hero too as not that long ago he also saved someone's life.
She must be a very proud lady, well done to that family!
Ballroom Blitz
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6:19pm Mon 21 Jan 13
RainbowG wrote:Or maybe she knows someone that works at the Argus!
So had Mr Roberts not found this male he may well have died, so well done.
Now this is where it gets interesting, I read the Argus everyday and the name 'McDiarmid' rang a bell, so I googled it, and as I thought, Miss McDiarmid seems to be a very lucky lady, as not only is her fiancé a hero, her son is a hero too as not that long ago he also saved someone's life.
She must be a very proud lady, well done to that family!
Ballroom Blitz
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6:21pm Mon 21 Jan 13
Rita Snatch
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6:51pm Mon 21 Jan 13
ButtNuggets
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7:01pm Mon 21 Jan 13
Hove Actually
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7:08pm Mon 21 Jan 13
That'smyname wrote:Your not an American by chance? they have the same simplistic attitude to acts most would consider decent behaviour.
Hove Actually wrote:As i said if anyone saves someone by chance if their out walking or swimming or because of their job then of course they are classed as a hero.. Get over yourself for goodness sake, it's people like you that drag others down.
So a bloke who is out for a "walk" finds someone injured and does the decent thing, gets thanked ..........
Then people like you consider him a hero.
What descriptor do you have for firemen who run into a burning building or our servicemen currently in theatre, the police who do this on a daily basis?
He may be a decent person but I have to say again, Hero?
I have no need to get over myself and would welcome any help like this if I needed it, or would offer it if I was in the same situation.
However bandying the word hero for an act like this is belittling the true hero's around us
Brightonian in Germany
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7:12pm Mon 21 Jan 13
ButtNuggets wrote:Nicely put ButtNuggets, I agree with you entirely.
Well done Toby. The rest of you can shut up.
Withdean-er
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7:37pm Mon 21 Jan 13
The Argus of 22 August 2012
Seaford boy saves friend from drowning
http://www.theargus.
co.uk/news/9887043.S
eaford_boy_saves_fri
end_from_drowning/
Man of steel
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8:50pm Mon 21 Jan 13
mustaphaLeeko wrote:The 1903 act just required you to get a license, followed by the 1920 act, but it was up until 1969 that you could still get a firearm for house and personal protection, although it was difficult after 1964.
runnergirl wrote:Lol!
lordenglandofsussex wrote:Er... when was that, exactly?
willy harris wrote:I say back to the days of wearing a gun, then these cowardly scum will think twice!
once more we have to put up with sub humans loose on the streets, when will people realise that these rats that do this kind of thing to other people are useless bags of ++++, that should never have drawn breath,one punishment,?????????
?
Don't know your history do you, it was commonplace for people to have firearms until the gun control act of 1903.
Before that ANYBODY could own a firearm without any police checks etc etc.
Mozartian
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5:51am Tue 22 Jan 13
That'smyname
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7:52am Tue 22 Jan 13
Hove Actually wrote:Maybe it's you that would like to be the one who found someone or saved them? Negative comments are not needed on here, The guy should be thanked for finding someone and saving them. Do you have any idea what area they are talking about in Eastbourne? Maybe in your eyes he is not a hero but to the man he saved and his family I am sure he is.So why get yourself so worked up on here. Maybe if you were a little nicer you would feel differently :)
That'smyname wrote:Your not an American by chance? they have the same simplistic attitude to acts most would consider decent behaviour.
Hove Actually wrote:As i said if anyone saves someone by chance if their out walking or swimming or because of their job then of course they are classed as a hero.. Get over yourself for goodness sake, it's people like you that drag others down.
So a bloke who is out for a "walk" finds someone injured and does the decent thing, gets thanked ..........
Then people like you consider him a hero.
What descriptor do you have for firemen who run into a burning building or our servicemen currently in theatre, the police who do this on a daily basis?
He may be a decent person but I have to say again, Hero?
I have no need to get over myself and would welcome any help like this if I needed it, or would offer it if I was in the same situation.
However bandying the word hero for an act like this is belittling the true hero's around us
That'smyname
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8:15am Tue 22 Jan 13
Ballroom Blitz wrote:Far to personal and a very unnecessary comment.
Always slightly worrying to see a man whose arms are wider than his head.
plantwoman
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2:21pm Tue 22 Jan 13
willy harris says...
10:58am Mon 21 Jan 13
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