#bravery

#bravery

Police sirens were still sounding and the pavement was stained with blood when I first met Abdullah Tanoli in August 2024. It was only a few hours after he had intervened in a knife attack on a young girl in central London. Abdullah stood nearby, calm and composed, having just disarmed a man who had stabbed an 11-year-old child multiple times. The attacker, 33-year-old Ioan Pintaru, was sentenced on Tuesday to indefinite detention in a high security mental hospital.

"I heard a scream that I've never heard before from my son," Jack's mother, Kathleen Freeman, told KALB. Freeman rushed to see what had happened, and discovered the child was inside the well.

PC Nicola Crabbe tackled and disarmed a knifeman in Divises, Wiltshire, while chasing another man down the street, showcasing her bravery and quick response.

Murphy single-handedly stopped an enemy advance by climbing on top of a disabled tank, directing artillery fire onto the enemy position.

"She punched him, she got him in a headlock, kneed him a couple times, spun him around, threw him on the ground," Sensei Michael Blackburn said.

"During the most difficult times during the war, she was out supplying our fire engine so it could respond to London throughout the war, to make sure that we were able to keep those people safe and respond as much as we can."