NEWS: The Saddest Hero Story You'll Ever Read

CULTURE: The Saddest Hero Story You'll Ever Read

This story is getting linked all over the place, mostly lauding the seven-year-old who saved her mother's life by throwing herself in front of mama's murderous ex-boyfriend's gun as a heroine.

Which I guess she is, but goddamn, this is one appalling story to a mama.

Just, holy fucking crap, you know? Mama and child got shot in their fucking heads by some motherfucking asshole. Thank God they're both alive. Seriously, thank God.

Still, this entire story is so, so depressing.

Jesus Christ. Mama with a baby and the fucking heat's been cut off. Or maybe they can't afford to fix the furnace. That shit pisses me off, man. Yeah yeah, the utility folks want their bills paid, but you know, heat is a *necessary service* in Detroit in the winter. I mean, have some fucking humanity.

Smart, smart lady. Would that we all had friends like this.

The first person I hear saying that poor people should be paying their utility bills rather than owning cell phones gets slapped.

The holy fucking, what did you just say?!???

Dear God in heaven. Let's assume that the dispatcher isn't just being an asshole here; let's assume that the problem is that the Detroit police force is seriously underfunded and undermanned. Still and all, holy crap, people: let's have some priorities here. How about some federal funding for cops when cities are too poor to fully fund their local police departments? Maybe our elected assholes will get on that now that they're done voting about whether or not they support Christmas.

Third time was the charm, I guess, since the cops will show up here in a little bit. (BTW, I was recently in a really bad accident--not my fault, and I wasn't hurt--and called 911. Five fucking times before I got through. So it's not just Detroit.)

Brave woman. But I bet almost anyone would lunge at a man with a gun if their child was in the car.

Oh my God. That poor, terrified little girl.

Gosh, it's nice that they finally showed up. Isn't it?

I'm glad they showed up before he managed to run down the mama and execute her while the child bled to death on the floor of the car.

The little girl underwent six hours of surgery. She still can't speak, and has lost her right eye, though a medical supply company has donated a prosthetic eye for her. She already had epilepsy, which had given her a stroke and some resulting weakness even before the shooting.

If you possibly can, it would be a mitzvah to try to help that little girl and her mother pay their medical bills, get the heat turned back on, and maybe even have some presents under the tree for Christmas. All About Race provides the address (and a phone number). Checks should be made out to the Alexis Goggins Hero Fund and sent to

Bitch_PhD hopes her own child never, ever has to even think about being that brave.

I'm surprised the cops didn't just sprinkle some crack on them and run away.

Devastated. What more is there to say?

+1

i don't know what to say.....but what an amazing kid

Its a sad, sad world we live in.

Speechless.

WTF!!!(sheds a heart-broken tear)

Aisha probably would have gotten a quicker response, if she had called the local Donut Hut!

I salute Alexis for being so brave... looks like she gets it from her mom. But I agree that NO child should ever have to be that heroic.

I will donate... more than once.

Police identified him as Calvin Tillie, 29, a four-time convicted felon whom Parker had dated for six months.

Why was this woman dating a 4 time convicted felon when she has a child? Did she not know? I would find that very hard to believe. I know I don't have all the facts, but I can't imagine anything that could justify bring this kind of person around children. I sure wouldn't allow someone like that anywhere near my children, much less date them. She didn't pull the trigger, but she definitely bears some responsibility in exposing this poor child to such a dangerous person. If I'm somehow wrong here, I will eat my words.

My heart goes out to the child, no child should have to endure anything even remotely like this.

I cannot even imagine that scenario. The idea that someone would willingly hurt a child just defies my comprehension.

I pray that they both recover.

"a four-time convicted felon whom Parker had dated for six months"

Hm. I usually don't go on a second date with convicted felons.

wow, all I can say is wow...
tragedy like this just blows my mind.

I hope the bastard who shot that kid dies the worst death possible

This is the saddest most fucked up story I've ever read...no words...still just trying to process this.

donating right now.

yup

This is tragic....But also, who gets in a relationship with a FOUR TIME CONVICTED FELON?? That can't be a good habit.

This comment is some seriously inconsiderate, victim blaming bullshit.

AMEN. Oh, how I wish we lived in a world where men were held 100% accountable for their violence.

I didn't say I blamed her completely for what happened, but she does bear some responsibility. If you put your children in a car, you use a seatbelt, and drive carefully. If you have dangerous items or chemicals in your house, and there are young children around, you make sure they can't get to them. It's called due diligence. Your argument is incredibly sexist in that you seem to be automatically absolving this person for the sole fact that she is a woman. Are you trying to say that this woman was incapable of discerning who would be appropriate to expose her children to. Why? Because she's a woman? That would be completely sexist. I don't think that making sure your boyfriend is not a gun-toting criminal could by any stretch of the imagination could be considered 'sacrificing everything" to protect her child. If you are a parent, you are responsible for the safety of that child, this includes, but is not limited to, the types of people you associate with and expose your children to. Yes, children are exposed to dangerous situations, some of which can be avoided, some which cannot. Dating a 4 time convicted felon is negligent and caused this child to be in a situation she would have otherwise never been in. If two people rob a bank, and one of them shoots someone, they are both charged with murder, even though only one of them actually pulled the trigger. And what did you mean "by the likes of me"? You don't have the slightest clue who I am. My wife is right here next to me and she couldn't agree more with my statements. Her first question was "Why was she dating this piece of shit in the first place." And if you think I have some kind of submissive Stepford wife by my side for the last dozen years, then you definitely don't have a clue about "the likes of me".

Please read this post. See also this post.

interesting story. too bad it was ruined with bitch_Phd's annoying commentary.

can i ever read something on SG newswire without someone from the newswire trying to sound witty and "in your face?" they throw irrelevant remarks into previously written articles with swears and sarcasm. they all sound like girls from the mall trying to be bad asses. is this supposed to be "edgy" or "defiant" or "rebellious?" it's hack journalism is what it is.

I cant even believe this. The cops should have shot that fucker in the throat and let him choke on his own blood.

and what about women? or is this just juvenile feminism that turns its head to the fact that women are just as evil as men?

She can be a victim in one sense yet still be responsible in another. It's not the same as blaming a rape victim by any stretch.

Ah, who am I kidding. Parental responsibility is dead, dead, dead.