In the midst of chaotic shooting, strangers save a young boy
2 years, 5 months ago

In the midst of chaotic shooting, strangers save a young boy

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — A woman — stunned and speechless in the chaos of a July 4 parade massacre — walked up to Greg Ring and handed him a 2-year-old boy, covered in blood. The boy pointed in the direction of the parade route, saying “Mommy, Daddy, Mommy, Daddy.” Ring’s wish to help the boy carried him back to the scene. “He asked my wife to wipe him off because he had blood on him that wasn’t his,” said Ring, an insurance broker from Highland Park. A family member said Irina’s parents would care for the boy going forward.

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Parents of boy, 2, found alone at parade shooting among dead
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Parents of boy, 2, found alone at parade shooting among dead

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Aiden McCarthy’s photo was shared across Chicago-area social media groups in the hours after the July 4 parade shooting in Highland Park, accompanied by pleas to help identify the 2-year-old who had been found at the scene bloodied and alone and to reunite him with his family. “The way he lived life, you’d think he was still middle-aged,” Maxwell Straus …

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