No one was killed. 2 good samaritans can feel good about themselves.

[Wait Wut]

No guns. Just quick thinking, courage and compassion. I'm not into boxing, but if I have to place a bet, it will be on Mr. Heliotes.

Heliotes, 20, won a bout on the streets of Lincoln Park when he took down a parolee who robbed a woman after threatening her with a screwdriver late Saturday night, according to police.

The 150-pound fighter had just stepped off the Brown Line around 11:45 p.m. after finishing his day job as a cook. He was about half a block from the Diversey station when he noticed a man across the street who appeared to be hugging a woman. The man seemed drunk because he was wrapped around her.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-purse-snatcher-no-match-for-welterweight-20130107,0,5880658.story

[HappyMe]

1. A kick for good samaritans!

[hedda_foil]

2. Wonderful story. 3 separate passersby -- all total strangers to each other and the victim -- really

Great story.

[Wait Wut]

4. I love these stories.

We seldom get to hear the good side of things, anymore. Good news doesn't sell, as my dad (an ad exec) used to say.

These guys actually sat in the police station for 4 hours, besides taking the bad guy down!

[malaise]

3. Nice

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