As many of you are aware on Sunday I write about individuals who have gone beyond the call of duty, and thus should earn our praise and respect. Raheem Cooper is such an individual.
From Epoch Inspired:
UPS driver Raheem Cooper, 30, may never have met Marie Coble, 78, were it not for a fateful drive he took on Aug. 12. Around 2 p.m. that day, Cooper was taking a shortcut along a particular street on his way to his next delivery. He says it was God who put him there.
“It was just God, honestly,” Cooper told The Epoch Times. “He’s got to get all the glory for that. … I was just taking a shortcut, and something just told me to go on her street.”
While driving that day, Cooper looked to his left and noticed a grocery bag on the ground. The next moment, he saw a woman passed out behind her car. On the ground was Marie Coble.
“She was lying on her stomach, and the right side of her face was lying on the pavement,” Cooper said, adding that it was extremely hot that day. He parked and ran over to Coble, quickly noticing that she was bleeding heavily even though her eyes were still open. “She was conscious, but she wasn’t able to talk. And she wasn’t able to get up,” he said.
Cooper called 911 from his phone. While communicating with the dispatcher, he put bags under Coble’s body to protect her from the hot pavement. He also began rubbing her with cold water to keep her cool.
Although her hospital course was stormy with emergency surgery to relieve a brain bleed, Marie Coble is now recovering well at a rehab facility. “She remembers everything now, so she’s doing pretty good,” Cooper said.
Cooper continues visiting Coble at the hospital once or twice a week. He often brings his 8-year-old daughter on the visits.
Cooper now adores Coble. “She’s my adopted grandma now,” he said.
Raheem Cooper … a true hero!
11/10/24