Please Mr Gordon!

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I believe that God does protect children and fools. I was both one day as a twelve year old. My parents had gone out when I heard a commotion in the neighbor's apartment downstairs. I had heard it before and knew that Mr Gordon and his wife were having a fight. The next thing I remember is that I was in their bedroom pulling Mr Gordon off his wife. She was on the bed and he was on top of her, hitting her. Now both Mr. Gordon and his wife were quite large people but this little girl went into superhero mode. There was no fear, I just kept trying to pull him off of her while saying, “please Mr. Gordon, get off of her, stop” It worked! But it was Mrs. Gordon who was mad at me. She yelled at me to get out, to go back home and I did. When my parents found out what I had done they were so mad at me for interfering and gave me a good lecture about the danger I could have been in and to stay out of other peoples' business. For years after I never thought I was even in danger and I felt a sense of pride that my intervention had stopped the attack. Of course the Gordons complained to my parents about my behavior and they never spoke to us again. I never heard anymore fights after the incident and we moved shortly after that. Have you ever done something impulsive that could have put you in danger? Have you ever intervened in a fight?