ContraCelsum is pleased to announce that an S-Award has been given to Mr Dennis Roderick.
Mr Roderick is a truckie and, much to the chagrin of the intellectual elite, has probably never studied at a tertiary institution. But he is far smarter and wiser than most. This is what went down:
Truck driver Dennis Roderick saved a toddler attempting to cross four lanes of traffic on State Highway 1. "As I slammed on the brakes this little fella was just standing right there, gazing into my eyes almost like he was saying: please don't run me over." Mr Roderick, 61, was driving along Mana Esplanade, north of Porirua, about 10.30am yesterday when he saw the 16-month-old boy just metres in front of him. "He was off on a mission. He got out of the gate and he was off."
The Paraparaumu grandfather of seven swung his 20-metre-long truck and trailor across both southbound lanes to prevent the toddler getting bowled over. "I pulled the hand brake on and jumped out of the truck and went and scooped him off the road. It all just worked out very well.". . . .
"There was no-one around and I spotted a gate open. Then all of a sudden this woman appeared and she had her hands over her face like when people are in shock. I'm standing there and I said: is this your little fella, and she just nodded, she couldn't speak."
ContraCelsum bestows the S-Award Class II for actions that were Swift, Smart, and Salvific--and for showing what it means to be a real smart man.
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