An immigrant saved 20 Norwegian lives

[KeepItReal]

It is 24 hours since Marcel Gleffe became a key figure in pulling many of these young camp goers out of the water. Thirty-two years old, Gleffe is a roofer from Germany who has worked in Norway for the past two-and-a-half years.

"In such a situation, you don't think at all," her son Marcel says. He took off and grabbed the key for the small red boat that they had rented for the week and quickly got the motor running. "I immediately suspected that there was a connection to the attack in Oslo," he says.

The 32-year-old took his boat out into the water again and again, collecting more people and bringing them back to the jetty. There, additional helpers were waiting, and several other campers with their boats were also pulling teenagers out of the water. Marcel guesses that he alone was able to bring about 20 of them to the shore, he doesn't know exactly how many anymore.

Marcel Gleffe says that "yesterday, I was okay. But today I feel terrible, just terrible." But, he adds, he couldn't have done anything but help. "What we did simply goes without saying."

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,776287,00.html


Hope that sinks in for all those far right-wingers who inspired and sympathize with the shooter.

[MrScorpio]

1. Damn straight. You don't think, you just do.

And he did the right thing

[Ian David]

2. There was a lesbian couple that also saved about 40 people. n/t

[Forkboy]

3. K&R

[progressoid]

4. But he's a White immigrant.

That's different.


:sarcasm:

[pampango]

6. Some immigrants are more equal than others.

People are people and will help each other regardless of race, religion or nationality except for those on the right who first ask whether the people needing help are an "us" or a "them".

[AverageJoe90]

5. This guy deserves LOTS of kudos. =)

This guy is a friggin' HERO, man. No if's, and's or but's.