Hero of the Year |
Adam Kinzinger
Milwaukee, WI
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Adam in a word...
Adam is a Hometown Hero because...
It was just after midnight when Lt. Adam Kinzinger was walking home with his date. He heard a scream & turned to see a woman running & holding her heavily bleeding throat. At that point, Adam realized there was a man with a knife chasing the woman.
At first Adam tried to get the man to calm down, but Adam could tell he was far from calm. The man continued to go after the woman and pinned her up against a car. Adam grabbed the man’s knife-wielding arm and wrestling the knife free pinned the man to the ground with the help of another man. Adam’s date kicked the knife away.
“Be ready for anything,” Adam says humbly, “People need to look out for each other. If we can prevent things earlier, maybe we won’t see such extreme cases as this. Just do what’s right.”
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