Soldier Helps Iraqi Mother
by admin on Jul.09, 2009, under Rescues
Sgt. Gary Hughes says, “I did what any guy would do.”
Maybe Hughes doesn’t feel like he did anything special, but I know that the pregnant women he helped disagrees.
Sgt. Gary Hughes remembers it was a scorching day in southern Iraq when he noticed a woman cloaked in a black chador slumping to the floor, holding her stomach.Taking a break from handing out water bottles, Hughes, 27, soon realized the young Muslim woman was pregnant. Worried she was losing the baby, he said he slung his rifle on his back and swooped her into his arms.
“It all happened so fast,” said Hughes, the physical training instructor for Britain’s 2nd Royal Tank Regiment. “I ran to the hospital as fast as I could — about 200 meters.” That’s roughly the size of two football fields.
Hospital staff nicknamed the 6-pound boy “Yussuf Gary.” Coincidentally, the baby was born April 4, the same day Hughes’ son, Cavan, celebrated his first birthday back home in Birmingham, England. Read on…
Sometimes a hero isn’t found amongst the gunfire and heat of battle, but found fighting against the elements to help his fellow man. I know Gary Hughes will always be a hero to that woman.
