George Zimmerman, who has not been seen publicly since his acquittal in the murder of Trayvon Martin earlier this month, surfaced last week to rescue an unidentified family trapped in an overturned vehicle on a Florida highway, police said Monday.
Sanford Police Department Capt. Jim McAuliffe told Fox News that Zimmerman, 29, was identified by a crash victim as the man who pulled him from the mangled vehicle.
“George Zimmerman pulled me out,” firefighters were told by the unidentified driver, according to McAuliffe.
The Seminole County Sheriff's Office said the single-car accident occurred July 17 at approximately 5:45 pm. and involved a blue Ford Explorer SUV that had left the road and rolled over.
The sheriff's office said there were four occupants inside -- two parents and two children. There were no reports of injuries.
The deputy responding to the crash said that when he arrived, two men -- one of whom was Zimmerman -- had already gotten the family out of the overturned vehicle.
Zimmerman was not a witness to the crash and left after making contact with the deputy, the sheriff's office said.
The crash occurred at the intersection of I-4 and Route 417 in Sanford, police said.
In another development, Sanford police confirmed that Monday they had delivered boxes of evidence from their Zimmerman investigation, including his firearm, to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice.
Zimmerman was acquitted of second-degree murder on July 13 in the killing of Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, 2012.
Zimmerman's parents, meanwhile, have told ABC News that they have received death threats and have been unable to return to their home following the verdict
"We have had an enormous amount of death threats,” Robert Zimmerman said. “George's legal counsel has had death threats, the police chief of Sanford, many people have had death threats … ‘Everyone with Georgie's DNA should be killed' -- just every kind of horrible thing you can imagine."
Jessica Dibartolomeo Landa and Serafin Gomez contributed to this story
Is this the rights new golden boy?George Zimmerman rescues family from truck crash last week, police say
Totally the actions of an inhuman racist murderer, amirite? :roll:
George Zimmerman rescues family from truck crash last week, police say
Totally the actions of an inhuman racist murderer, amirite? :roll:
Is this the rights new golden boy?
Christ! Give it a rest.
Anything besides baseless attacks to add? :roll:
The man's barely been out of prison for a week, has been the subject of more death threats than you can count, and he's already proving himself to be a good Samaritan in spite of all of it.
That would strike me as being pretty damn admirable.
Is this the rights new golden boy?
The guy has been heavily vilified by a large segment of the population and has had those sentiments stirred extensively by the national press and is seemingly a target of a govt witch hunt to appease those people
So the incident is rater ironic and made more so by the fact that it is relatively under reported
He's not a hero. He assisted uninjured people from a rolled vehicle. He's not a villain... he made some bad choices, couldn't fight without a gun and took a life which he has to live with, right or wrong, for the rest of his life.
Instead of fanning the flames... LET IT GO! Tell your reps to let it go. Tell the media to let it go.
Anything besides baseless attacks to add? :roll:
The man's barely been out of prison for a week, has been the subject of more death threats than you can count, and he's already proving himself to be a good Samaritan in spite of all of it.
That would strike me as being pretty damn admirable.
I dont know what you want us to say? "Oh yea go George go!"... Is that better?
The guy has been heavily vilified by a large segment of the population, has had those sentiments stirred extensively by the national press, and is seemingly a target of a govt witch hunt to appease those people
So the incident is rather ironic and made more so by the fact that it is relatively under reported
It is a look into his character, and further evidence that, while a flawed human being, he isn't the monster the media portrays him as. As such, it is a valid point.
If you're not interested in the story just ignore it, mate.
I dont know what you want us to say? "Oh yea go George go!"... Is that better?
I'm interested in what drives people to involve themselves in the lives of people they will never meet, have no impact on your life, etc. I'm interested in pointing out that our society is sliding into narcissistic self gratification at the expense of others in the name of entertainment.
Whether you, or GZ realizes it or not, the continued attention is keeping he and his family in the spotlight, inflaming passions and putting his family at risk. So if any harm comes to any of his family that had nothing to do with any of this, you and the media you give ratings to are to blame.
But you're all "reality" addicts.
You seem to be injecting way too much motivation in the people responding to this thread, who you likely have little practical understanding of.
lol, no the dip-**** who committed the violent act is
Dude, you seem to be caught up in the drama of this case more than most people. The fact that you're using it to set yourself up as some elitist "above the frey" doesn't change that
I don't own a TV
have watched exactly ZERO of the story, trial, aftermath, etc.
I am SO above the frey.
My comments have nothing to do with GZ
... it could be any pop culture, media induced frenzy that otherwise affects no one outside of the immediate situation.
Mate, I haven't owned a tv since 98.
I dont know what you want us to say? "Oh yea go George go!"... Is that better?
Quite right.George Zimmerman rescues family from truck crash last week, police say
Totally the actions of an inhuman racist murderer, amirite? :roll:
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