Former Jets receiver Braylon Edwards rescued an 80-year-old man from an assault Friday inside a YMCA locker room.
Police are lauding Edwards as a life-saver after he stepped right into a battle that resulted within the arrest of a 25-year-old man who allegedly was beating up the aged man in Farmington Hills, Mich., in line with Detroit’s native NBC affiliate.
Edwards, who stopped by the YMCA for a exercise, stated he heard an argument escape about 4 rows behind him over music taking part in too loudly.
“I’m not paying consideration and I used to be simply dealing with my enterprise,” Edwards advised WDIV-TV. “The noise escalates after which you’ll be able to hear some pushing and shoving, and you recognize what preventing seems like. Begin to hear some tussling, begin to hear some fists, however as soon as I hear a thud, that’s once I acquired up and circled.
“After which I see the man and I believe he’s reaching for a telephone beneath the sufferer,” Edwards added. “He grabs the again of the sufferer’s head by the hair, and he was about to slam it down on the counter. I grabbed him and subdued him.”
Edwards, 41, hasn’t performed within the NFL since 2012.
He had 238 catches for 1,570 yards and 11 touchdowns in 31 video games over elements of three seasons with the Jets late in his profession.
The incident about half-hour from the place Edwards grew up.
The alleged perpetrator ran from the scene, and police locked down a number of close by faculties as a precaution till the arrest was made, in line with the report.
“I didn’t comprehend it was that critical,” Edwards stated. “I imply the sufferer in all probability had a critical concussion by nature, however It wasn’t till I talked to the detective down in Farmington who advised me that [it was a life-threatening situation] if I didn’t step in. However on the finish of the day that’s what you do.”
Why did Edwards get entangled?
“Individuals go to work out, they’ve a very good time, they reside to be 80 years and this isn’t how they count on for one thing to perhaps take their life,” Edwards stated. “My mother, my grandmother, my father – in that second, while you come again residence, these are the folks you concentrate on.”
The 80-year-old man goes to outlive, per the report, and Edwards hopes to satisfy him as soon as he’s launched from the hospital.
