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Herron intervened after he saw a 71-year-old
woman shoved to the ground by an assailant. He shouted to draw
attention and restrained the attacker with the help of a second
man, Murry Rogers, until police arrived.
"We are here to honor two good Samaritans that intervened during
this vicious attack and detained the suspect until police could
arrive and make sure he was taken into custody," Detective
Natalie Barela said at a news conference.
"If not for the swift actions of Justin Herron and Murry Rogers,
this vicious attack could've been much worse."
Herron said he was shocked by the incident.
"It was something I never dreamed or I thought I would see, you
know," Herron said. "You see it in movies and TV all the time,
but you never think it's going to happen in real life until it
does.
"It was in the middle of the day, not one cloud in the sky and
in a very open field. It was just the fact that it had happened
there at that time was just very, very shocking."
The 25-year-old, who was selected by the Patriots in the sixth
round of the 2020 draft, was overwhelmed after meeting the
victim.
"It was heartwarming to see her, but also gut-wrenching to see
how she responded to the trauma," he said. "No one should go
through that. It was emotional for me and for everybody in the
room."
(Reporting by Arvind Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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