gearmesh, inc.
12-02-2011, 11:37 PM
Nice job! Too bad the thug lives another day, though.
COEUR d'ALENE - Tim Patterson has no doubts he would have pulled the trigger.
He's glad he didn't have to.
But when a woman is being attacked by a man with a knife, Patterson says he'll do what must be done.
"If he had not stopped what he was doing," he says, his voice fading. "He came very close to dying. Really, really close."
Monday afternoon was another normal day of cooking burgers and fries and hot dogs and Philly cheesesteaks for Tim and Debbie Patterson.
Then, about 2 p.m., they heard a scream.
Tim rushed out the back door of The Big Yellow mobile kitchen at the corner of Harrison and Fourth. He looked around the Goodwill parking lot full of cars, and heard another scream. Then, he heard a woman's voice.
"Let go of me," it shrieked.
Patterson charged around a car and stopped. A man had a woman's head pulled back with one hand, and a knife to her throat with the other.
Patterson didn't hesitate.
He drew his Kimber 1911 .45 with a six-shot clip.
"Drop it, or I'll shoot you," he shouted.
For the rest of the story: http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_21155766-d172-5cf3-8425-f047f2692a66.html?TNNoMobile
COEUR d'ALENE - Tim Patterson has no doubts he would have pulled the trigger.
He's glad he didn't have to.
But when a woman is being attacked by a man with a knife, Patterson says he'll do what must be done.
"If he had not stopped what he was doing," he says, his voice fading. "He came very close to dying. Really, really close."
Monday afternoon was another normal day of cooking burgers and fries and hot dogs and Philly cheesesteaks for Tim and Debbie Patterson.
Then, about 2 p.m., they heard a scream.
Tim rushed out the back door of The Big Yellow mobile kitchen at the corner of Harrison and Fourth. He looked around the Goodwill parking lot full of cars, and heard another scream. Then, he heard a woman's voice.
"Let go of me," it shrieked.
Patterson charged around a car and stopped. A man had a woman's head pulled back with one hand, and a knife to her throat with the other.
Patterson didn't hesitate.
He drew his Kimber 1911 .45 with a six-shot clip.
"Drop it, or I'll shoot you," he shouted.
For the rest of the story: http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_21155766-d172-5cf3-8425-f047f2692a66.html?TNNoMobile