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Quixote1818

(28,903 posts)
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 02:40 AM Jan 2020

'I was in awe to see him': Bernie Sanders saved a woman from getting hit by a car while he was out

Old story but I hadn't ever seen it before:


By John Haltiwanger - Business Insider

'I was in awe to see him': Bernie Sanders saved a woman from getting hit by a car while he was out for a walk in DC, and she's very grateful

Amy Currotto was deep in thought as she headed to a guitar lesson on Capitol Hill on Wednesday and wasn't paying attention as she started to cross a busy intersection.

She was walking straight into oncoming traffic when Sen. Bernie Sanders stepped in and saved the day.

"Sen. Sanders was apparently behind me," Currotto told Business Insider. "He didn't grab me or anything," she said, but started shouting, "Ma'am! Ma'am!"

As she turned around, Currotto was so shocked to see that the panicked screams were emanating from the former presidential candidate that she froze like a deer in headlights.

"I did not immediately get off the street, even though there was a ton of oncoming traffic, because I was in awe to see him," she said. "He tried to continue to bring me onto the sidewalk and was like, 'Ma'am, you've got to get off of the street! You've got to get off of the street!'"

After a few more seconds of being in "complete awe," Currotto got back to safety thanks to Sanders.

Once she was back on the sidewalk, Currotto asked the Vermont senator if she could take a selfie with him, and he obliged. She said Sanders was quite "concerned" about her standing in the street and was "very, very kind."

Link: https://amp.businessinsider.com/bernie-sanders-saved-a-woman-from-getting-hit-by-a-car-2018-10?__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR2TE3ZC2OogFl1gtMiS0AvglV5oH41PUev3mpHjKmfRNRIFcaIlWT6tTp4

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'I was in awe to see him': Bernie Sanders saved a woman from getting hit by a car while he was out (Original Post) Quixote1818 Jan 2020 OP
Very good story, thanks. Bernie also helped Andrea Mitchell appalachiablue Jan 2020 #1
I think this story is a metaphor NJCher Jan 2020 #2
Good for Bernie if the story is true Hav Jan 2020 #3
"He didn't grab me or anything" OneMoreCupOfCoffee Jan 2020 #4
 

appalachiablue

(41,047 posts)
1. Very good story, thanks. Bernie also helped Andrea Mitchell
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 02:44 AM
Jan 2020

when she fell in a crowded building some years back remember?

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NJCher

(35,422 posts)
2. I think this story is a metaphor
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 03:28 AM
Jan 2020

America, get off the trump crack.

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Hav

(5,969 posts)
3. Good for Bernie if the story is true
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 04:41 AM
Jan 2020

On the other side, let's hope society doesn't rely on the choices made by the type of people who mindlessly walk into busy traffic (I'm kidding, sort of).

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OneMoreCupOfCoffee

(314 posts)
4. "He didn't grab me or anything"
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 04:57 AM
Jan 2020

He just screamed!

"Ma'am, Ma'am! Get off the street!"

"You've got to get off of the street!"

And some people claim Sanders has no people skills. LOL.





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