USC Cornerback Heroically Leaps From Balcony To Save Drowning Child — Or Did He?
With an offseason full of quarterbacks’ trucks being set ablaze and defensive backs kicking fraternity dogs, it’s refreshing to hear a story like Josh Shaw’s, who is a fifth-year senior at USC.
Or, at least the initial story that broke.
From ESPN:
Just hours after being voted a team captain on Saturday, Shaw was attending a family function when he saw his 7-year-old nephew, who does not know how to swim, struggling in a nearby pool. Instinctively, Shaw jumped from a second-floor balcony onto concrete below and crawled into the pool where he was able to help his nephew to safety, according to a release from the school.
After getting his nephew to safety, Shaw made his way to a ladder and pulled himself from the water.
Unfortunately, feel-good heroic stories are too much to ask for nowadays.
Steve Sarkisian said #USC has gotten calls today contradicting Josh Shaw story
— InsideUSC (@InsideUSC) August 26, 2014
USC head coach Steve Sarkisian says school has received calls questioning Josh Shaw’s heroic story of saving nephew. USC is now vetting.
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 26, 2014
Sarkisian said #USC will investigate Josh Shaw story. Shaw unavailable to media
— InsideUSC (@InsideUSC) August 26, 2014
I heard late last night doubts within the program over Josh Shaw story #USC
— InsideUSC (@InsideUSC) August 26, 2014
Sources told me incident did not involve family party or rescuing nephew from pool. #USC investigating claims
— InsideUSC (@InsideUSC) August 26, 2014
If these allegations have legs, this is far from an ideal start to the season for the Trojans.
[via ESPN]
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reports are that he jumped out running from the LAPD who were called after a domestic abuse incident
10 years ago at 4:00 pmYea man, thanks. I’m glad your here since the article said the same exact fucking thing.
10 years ago at 4:36 pmyou’re*
10 years ago at 4:37 pmSwingingsalmon, I would have given you a thumbs up, but that grammatical error, though corrected, was a serious mistake. You receive no thumbs up.
10 years ago at 4:38 pmaw fuck didn’t even read that part of the article my bad
10 years ago at 5:11 pmI’m surprised you can read at all
10 years ago at 11:35 pmI’m pretty sure all of the water in California has dried up by now anyway. Obviously a tall tale
10 years ago at 4:18 pmWell that’s a big difference in stories
10 years ago at 4:19 pmHow in the absolute fuck do you go from “Saved child from drowning” to “Evading police after domestic violence” ?
10 years ago at 4:26 pmblacks
10 years ago at 9:54 pmI can totally buy his nephew not being able to swim.
10 years ago at 4:34 pmDecreases his stock. I’d offer half.
10 years ago at 11:27 pmGuess y’all aren’t ready for that type of humor yet.
10 years ago at 1:49 pmSwing and a miss.
10 years ago at 6:33 pmAt least Mexicans can swim. Black people just took the boat.
10 years ago at 5:17 pmWoah neat dude hella frat
10 years ago at 8:40 pmThat really escalated quickly.
10 years ago at 8:59 pmI respect the hell out of this guys audacity. “If we gon do it, we gon’ do it big den” a wise man told me.
10 years ago at 10:46 pmTwitter is a very reliable source of information.
10 years ago at 11:34 pmRough year to be a football player.
10 years ago at 9:51 am