On Sundays I write about someone who warrants our praise. Osvaldo Lugo is such a person.
From Epoch Bright:
Originally from Puerto Rico, 47-year-old Osvaldo Lugo is now based in Hartford, Connecticut, and owns LookSharp barber shop.
Around 11:30 a.m. on 4/10/24, as Mr. Lugo was busy working on his third customer of the day, his colleague Rafael Santana looked out the window and saw it—a little girl running toward the middle of the busy street.
Concerned at seeing the child without an adult, Mr. Santana took a second look. He then quickly voiced his concern, questioning why an unaccompanied child was playing in the middle of the street.
“I’ve been in this area for three years, in business, and I have never seen kids play in the middle of the street,” Mr. Lugo told the Epoch Times.
Seeing how fast the girl was running, he put his clippers down and took off after her.
The quick-thinking barber remembered telling himself, “You make sure you run as fast as you can. Because you only got one shot.”
“Once I opened the door [of the shop], all I remember is running and running,” Mr. Lugo said. “And I felt that I was running the fastest I ever have.”
As he got hold of her “she was alarmed” and looked at him with suspicion.
Mr. Lugo scooped her into his arms, and she began calling for her mother. Mr. Lugo looked around, searching for the child’s parents.
It wasn’t long before he found her mother.
Many have hailed the barber a hero for his swift action, to which he said: “The word hero is too big, the responsibility behind that word, it was too big. But all I know is that I’m proud of myself for getting involved.”
The barber, who served in jail for 10 years and was released six years ago, has worked hard to better himself. While in jail he took business and psychology courses and values the education he received that allowed him to learn about himself and the human mind.
“I have changed my ways and now God blessed me with a business, a house, a property, and a community to serve,” he said.
Kudos to Osvaldo Lugo not only for his rescue of the little girl, but also for turning his life around.
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