A meals truck proprietor confronted a mugger in Lengthy Seashore. He did not discover he was bleeding till later
Days after Bryan Tecun confronted a mugger in Lengthy Seashore, the 30-year-old meals truck proprietor nonetheless has hassle catching his breath to inform the story — the results of an damage he suffered through the adrenaline-pumping incident.
After a protracted night time of serving hungry clients at his meals truck, Bryan’s Birrieria, Tecun noticed a person rob an older girl sitting on a bench in Lengthy Seashore. He requested her if she was OK after which, with out considering, gave chase.
“I simply began to maneuver,” Tecun mentioned.
First, he maneuvered his meals truck to chop off the mugger; then he jumped out to confront the person. There was an argument, then the 2 males wrestled over the girl’s cellphone. Tecun pulled away the cellphone that was wrapped in a jacket within the mugger’s palms.
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In the course of the March 10 battle, Tecun thought he dislocated his shoulder. By the point he seemed up, one other particular person joined him to assist get the girl’s cellphone and police have been already on the scene.
It was shortly after 5 a.m. however Tecun felt the adrenaline surging by means of his physique from the chase. Police later arrested 29-year-old Alexander Pierson, who was booked for theft. He was being held in jail in lieu of a $75,000 bail, the Lengthy Seashore Police Division mentioned.
“I spoke to police after which made certain to return the girl’s stuff again to her,” he mentioned. “I did not want the rest, did not want police or medical assist.”
However on the drive house Tecun felt the adrenaline begin to die down. He referred to as his spouse to inform her what occurred and mentioned he was not feeling nice, with ache surging by means of his chest. He drove to the lot the place he parks his truck in a single day and requested the safety guard to assist him park the car as a result of he was in a lot discomfort. That is when he requested somebody to name 911.
Nurses on the hospital minimize off his sweater. For the primary time, Tecun noticed blood and realized he had been stabbed close to his neck and once more in his rib cage, he mentioned. One in all his lungs collapsed and there was inside bleeding in his chest. Medical personnel described to him the extent of his accidents and the subsequent steps they’d take to deal with him.
But it surely was all a blur.
“As they began to inform me the place the puncture wounds have been on my physique, I panicked,” Tecun mentioned.
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Tecun has hassle catching his breath now when retelling what occurred. The small print of that day are upsetting and he is making an attempt to not let that derail his restoration.
Though he is nonetheless harm, Tecun has not contacted the Lengthy Seashore Police Division to reveal his accidents. Police encourage Tecun to come back ahead if he was significantly injured, however he is reluctant and will not say why.
“I really feel like rising up, my dad instilled in me to be fearless and to by no means let something maintain us again,” he mentioned. “I obtained the hardest love from my dad and the softest love from my mother.”
Over the cellphone, his voice is panicked as he begins to think about his 4 staff who’re quickly out of labor whereas he recovers. He is already picturing himself cooking, buying and lifting the heavy steel pots stuffed with birria in his truck, despite the fact that he nonetheless has a white bandage beneath his shirt the place he was stabbed.
The Lengthy Seashore neighborhood is exhibiting its help for Tecun. A GoFundMe started to help along with his restoration has already generated practically $30,000.
Within the feedback, well-wishers reward his heroic actions.
One particular person wrote, “Your mom should really feel so proud to have a son such as you, she undoubtedly raised you proper.”
“Each Good Samaritan deserves an angel,” another person wrote.
“Most individuals right now would flip away and never become involved. Your motion offers me hope for mankind. God bless you.”
This story initially appeared in Los Angeles Times.
