Two Edmonton men are being praised for their heroism in taking down a man who lit 13 vehicles on fire near Whyte Avenue Friday evening.A video circulating on social media shows the suspect arsonist…
Two Edmonton men are being praised for their heroism in taking down a man who lit 13 vehicles on fire near Whyte Avenue Friday evening.
The two men who responded to the slew of arsons — characterized online as “Hawaiian shirt guy” and “2×4 guy” — were able to diffuse the situation and control the man in the coffee shop until police arrived. “I thought, well I can’t go out there without anything in my hand,” he said. “I found a four-foot piece of baseboard and thought well, this is better than nothing. I ran across the street to cut him off because I didn’t want him to continue walking closer to Whyte Ave.”“I don’t feel like I was any kind of hero. I feel like there was a lot of people on Whyte Avenue yesterday who had the same instinct that I did,” he said. “I just kept thinking this guy can blow up a car.
“The Hawaiian shirt guy did not need my help. Once Hawaiian shirt guy had him on the ground, he wasn’t going anywhere,” Halaby said. Venne said she was in pure shock, but responded quickly by trying to catch wind while rounding the corner onto Whyte Avenue, which helped extinguish the flames. She then pulled over in front of a shop and poured water over the hood with her friend who was in the passenger seat.
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