The Courage of Fred Smith

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The courage of FRED SMITH By: Kendra Kelley The courage of FRED SMITH By: Kendra Kelley CM107-College Composition 1 PROf. gloria reeves | Unit 3 Project CM107-College Composition 1 PROf. gloria reeves | Unit 3 Project Everyone can face difficult challenges in their life, however there are the few that raise up to the challenge while others coward down. The ones that do raise to the challenge show great courage and strength. Somehow they can overcome the adversity that faces them. They are able to overcome the unknown factors that may lay ahead of them. Courage comes in all different kind of forms but there is one I would like to mention that is, when someone else puts another human beings safety first before their own they are demonstrating a courage within themselves of becoming unselfish to protect another at all cost, as Fred Smith did for me. On February 18, 2012 Fred Smith and I went to bar called Just Friends. It was like any other Friday night except for one thing, my sister and her boyfriend Mike showed up there. I was a little scared at first because Mike was always protected over me and thought no one was good enough, but everyone was getting along and signing and having fun. Approximately 12:45am it was time for us to go home, so we were waiting outside of the bar for our ride, where Mike came out yelling. I looked at Fred and told him to ignore him he is just being stupid, so Fred said lets go wait inside then. On our way back into the bar Mike had garbed me from behind and held a knife to my throat. Fred saw I wasn't behind him no more so he came back outside and saw the knife to my throat. Fred asked Mike what are you doing, Mike said she is better off dead, Mike stared to apply pressure to my throat, within a blink of an eye Fred had pushed me out of the way, and he ended up getting stabbed in the shoulder. Mike

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