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Brave man faced down bull to save neighbor

Posted 6/27/11

To the Editor: This is a story of bravery. It is positive and uplifting and will give your readers a lot to talk about! My buddy Tucker Stutzman from Canton/Russell area saved his neighbor’s life …

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Brave man faced down bull to save neighbor

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To the Editor:

This is a story of bravery. It is positive and uplifting and will give your readers a lot to talk about!

My buddy Tucker Stutzman from Canton/Russell area saved his neighbor’s life from a raging bull not long ago.

It all took place around 6 a.m. one morning about two weeks ago at Tucker and Jenna Stutzman’s home on the West Road Russell.

Tucker and Jenna were both getting ready for their jobs when they heard a man yelling “Get back!” and “Help!” Jenna asked Tucker to see what was going on outside and when he opened his front door he saw his “farmer” neighbor Ricky Moore getting tossed around like a rag doll way across the road in a cow field.

What was Tucker’s first response? Get a gun? Call for help? NO! Tucker Ran out the front door jumped two barbed wire fences and confronted the 1500-pound plus angry bull that was in the process of killing his owner.

Once in front of the bull Tucker shouted and tried to divert the bull’s attention away from the now-unconscious man but was unable to stop it from mauling Mr. Moore. Tucker then grabbed a stick and hit the bull two or three times, and that is when the bull stopped its assault on Mr. Moore.

Mr. Moore was in shock from the attack, so Tucker carried him to safety and tended to his beaten body. His wife Jenna is a registered nurse from Canton-Potsdam Hospital with a degree from the university of Vermont, and after looking at Mr. Moore, Jenna knew he needed medical attention.

Mr. Moore originally went to Canton-Potsdam Hospital but was transferred to Syracuse. He had 14 cracked or broken ribs, he was urinating blood due to the beating on his liver and kidneys, many cuts and bruises, and maybe more injuries, but he is home now.

Without the quick, heroic actions from Jenna and Tucker we would be reading about a local farmer getting mauled to death by a enraged bull.

But we are not, and that is why I believe this story should be in your newspaper.

Lucas Manning , Canton