Headlined on Jan. 27 “Humble hero saves boy, 3; Pulls child from burning Solanco home.” Said Jamie Sheetz: “I’m just a hillbilly…I did what a man’s supposed to do.”
WATCHDOG: Sheetz, although only 40, is a throwback to an earlier time before the confusion of gender roles. There were things that women were expected to do and things that were expected of men. He wouldn’t even accept hospital care for his minor injuries.
A wag of the tail to Brett Hambright who wrote the story. Given the angle and the quote, we expect it to be picked up by the national press.
