Las Vegas Veteran Hero Gifted New Truck
By Debbie Gregory.
Hero is a word that gets tossed around a lot. By definition, a hero is a person of distinguished courage or ability, admired for brave deeds and noble qualities. Heroic deeds are often performed by members of the military, veterans and first responders. The events at the Route 91 Harvest Festival concert shooting saw no shortage of heroic actions that saves hundreds of lives.
Marine veteran Taylor Winston was one of those heroes. Winston commandeered a utility truck he found with the keys in it, and over the course of two trips, ferried some 30 people to the hospital. The only reason he didn’t make a third trip was because emergency crews were on scene at that point. “I think a lot of my training in the military helped me in the situation,” Winston said. And he brushed off the title of “hero,” as heroes often do.
Heroes never spring into action for reward or notoriety. But sometimes, that’s exactly what they get.
And thanks to B5 Motors, a Gilbert, Arizona car dealership, Winston has a new truck of his own.
B5 Motors launched a social media campaign to find Winston.
“Most of us would have ran and never came back,” said Shane Beus, owner of B5 Motors “His military training allowed him to think in a split second what to do.”
On Monday, October 9th, in an act of unbelievable good corporate citizenship, the dealership posted a Facebook Live video showing Winston driving away from B5 Motors in his new, silver truck.
“My message is that I hope people will recognize the heroism in him and others and become selfless,” Beus said. “It’s kinda what America is about, helping others.”
And it has been reported that Winston will be selling his current vehicle and donating the proceeds to victims of the shooting.
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