[AT] Fw: Unfair Fight/My Hero

Gene Dotson gdotsly at watchtv.net
Wed Feb 13 11:08:52 PST 2008


 UNFAIR FIGHT:  Don't Mess With A Marine Who's Trying To Eat.
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>       Police investigated the scene - The 71-year-old retired  
> Marine who
> opened fire on two robbers at a Plantation , FL , Subway shop late
> Wednesday, killing one and critically wounding the other, is
> described as John Lovell, a former pilot for two presidents. He
> doesn't drink, he doesn't smoke, he works out everyday. Lovell was a
> man of action Wednesday night.
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>       According to Plantation police, two masked gunmen came into the
> Subway at 1949 N. Pine Rd. just after 11 p.m. There was a lone diner
> -- Lovell, who was finishing his meal.  After robbing the cashier,
> the two men attempted to shove Lovell into a bathroom and rob him as
> well.  They got his money but then Lovell pulled his handgun, opened
> fire, shooting one of the thieves in the head and chest and the
> other in the head.  When police arrived, they found one of the men
> in the shop.  K-9 units found the other in the bushes of a nearby
> business.  They also found cash strewn around the front of the
> sandwich shop, according to Detective Robert Rettig of the
> Plantation Police Department. Both men were taken to Broward General
> Medical Center , where one, Donicio Arrindell, 22, of North
> Lauderdale died.  The other, 21-year-old Frederick Gadson of Fort
> Lauderdale is in critical but stable condition.
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>       A longtime friend of Lovell, was not surprised to hear what
> happened.  ''He'd give you the shirt off his back and he'd be mad if
> someone tried to take the shirt off your back,'' he said.  Lovell
> worked as a pilot for the Marines, flying former Presidents John F.
> Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.  He later worked as a pilot for Pan
> Am and Delta.  Lovell is not married and doe s not have children.
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>       He is not expected to be charged.  ''He was in fear for his  
> life,''
> Rettig said.  "These criminals ought to realize that most men in
> their 70's have military backgrounds and aren't intimidated by
> idiots.  "Something tells me this old Marine wasn't "in fear" even
> though his life was definitely at risk.  The only thing he could be
> charged with is participating in an unfair fight.  One 71-year young
> Marine against two punks.  Two head shots and one center -body-mass
> shot - good shooting!  That'll teach them not to get between a
> Marine and his meal.  Don't you just love a story with a happy
> ending?



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