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01-13-07, 08:56 AM
Marine nominated as Hero of the Year
By: North County Times
CAMP PENDLETON ---- Reader's Digest has nominated Camp Pendleton Marine Jamie Nicholson as this year's Hero of the Year. Nicholson was featured in the October 2006 issue of the magazine and was saluted as the month's "Everyday Hero."
Reader's Digest has long honored ordinary Americans who perform extraordinary acts at great personal risk or sacrifice. Featured in the "Everyday Heroes" section of the magazine, these people have spent their own money to aid worthy causes or risked their lives to save someone in peril, but most importantly they have exemplified the best of humanity and inspired everyone around them.
Drill instructor Jamie Nicholson had been up half the night with his platoon. He was wearing his camouflage utility uniform, and Marine Corps regulations prohibited him from entering a public building. So he pulled into a McDonald's drive-through to order breakfast. Then he heard a scream. A man had leaned out his window to pick up some change, and the car rolled into a pillar, trapping his head between the door and the wall. Nicholson grabbed a tire iron, bashed in a window and climbed into the back seat. The engine was revving, which meant the driver's foot was pressing on the gas. If the car shot backward, it could hit a brick wall. They might both be killed. Kneeling on broken glass, he strained to reach the gearshift.
Finally he got the car into reverse, then park. Nicholson, a veteran of the Iraq war, was able to revive the young man. "An outstanding effort to save a life," said a spokesperson for San Diego Fire-Rescue.
Nicholson, a veteran of the war in Iraq downplays his role. He told Reader's Digest, "He was just another person who needed help."
Readers/viewers can visit www.rd.com/heroes and cast their vote for Jamie Nicholson to receive the Reader's Digest Hero of the Year award. People will be able to vote until Jan. 31.
Ellie
By: North County Times
CAMP PENDLETON ---- Reader's Digest has nominated Camp Pendleton Marine Jamie Nicholson as this year's Hero of the Year. Nicholson was featured in the October 2006 issue of the magazine and was saluted as the month's "Everyday Hero."
Reader's Digest has long honored ordinary Americans who perform extraordinary acts at great personal risk or sacrifice. Featured in the "Everyday Heroes" section of the magazine, these people have spent their own money to aid worthy causes or risked their lives to save someone in peril, but most importantly they have exemplified the best of humanity and inspired everyone around them.
Drill instructor Jamie Nicholson had been up half the night with his platoon. He was wearing his camouflage utility uniform, and Marine Corps regulations prohibited him from entering a public building. So he pulled into a McDonald's drive-through to order breakfast. Then he heard a scream. A man had leaned out his window to pick up some change, and the car rolled into a pillar, trapping his head between the door and the wall. Nicholson grabbed a tire iron, bashed in a window and climbed into the back seat. The engine was revving, which meant the driver's foot was pressing on the gas. If the car shot backward, it could hit a brick wall. They might both be killed. Kneeling on broken glass, he strained to reach the gearshift.
Finally he got the car into reverse, then park. Nicholson, a veteran of the Iraq war, was able to revive the young man. "An outstanding effort to save a life," said a spokesperson for San Diego Fire-Rescue.
Nicholson, a veteran of the war in Iraq downplays his role. He told Reader's Digest, "He was just another person who needed help."
Readers/viewers can visit www.rd.com/heroes and cast their vote for Jamie Nicholson to receive the Reader's Digest Hero of the Year award. People will be able to vote until Jan. 31.
Ellie