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Friends and family call Colton Gleason, a 20-year-old business student at Minnesota State University-Mankato, a hero for protecting two female friends from a carload of men who attacked the group outside St. Cloud State University for reasons unknown to police, according to the Associated Press.
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how do you know he was a hero? there are no facts supporting this. especially since the two girls he was with aren't giving any kind of info whatsoever. which is really weird. why? were they too drunk to see clearly? maybe he was a hero. maybe he had liquid courage. who knows? there are too many unanswered questions and "called a hero" is the right thing to say in this situation. until the truth comes out, one can only speculate travel health care jobs what actually happened. not everything is always as it seems.
What a stupid travel health care jobs headline. "Called" a hero? "CALLED" a hero? That man was was the literal DEFINITION of a hero. You can say "Heroic student dies in defense of friends," or you can even just say "Student dies in defense of friends" and let the heroic part speak for itself.
So sad , my prayers for peace and rest for the Gleason's and for Colten . You have a wonderful son , who stood up like a man . And for this a senseless travel health care jobs death . I hope you find what you need for closure and justice . To loose a child is beyond words of comfort . I am so sorry for your loss of your beautiful child .
Hopefully the 17 yr old assailant that was recently arrested for this unprovoked and unnecessary attack will be prosecuted to the fullest. Sadly the 17 yr old not only caused the death of a promising young man, but his own life is now forever changed - all because of the 17 yr old's knee-jerk reaction to immediately resort to violence. Sincere condolences to Colton's family and friends.