Kim Komenich, San Jose State Professor, Halts Bank Robbery with a Hug

[Are_grits_groceries]

Kim Komenich, a journalism professor at San Jose State, was at a Wells Fargo bank when he noticed the customer ahead of him hand a teller a note. A quick glance at the missive revealed something about a gun...

Then he heard Victor Fernandes tell the teller to "Give me your money." So Komenich, who weighs in at a manly 260 pounds, decided to thwart the robbery in the most peaceable way -- by giving the bad guy a hug.

Okay, so it was a bear hug. But let's not quibble here, people. That still constitutes a hug.

Komenich lifted the robber off the ground to let him know he was in charge. Then he held him for five minutes until police arrived.

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Though today he's a mild-mannered professor/hero, Komenich doesn't originally hail from dainty campus environs. He's a former Pulitzer Prize winning photographer from San Francisco, having covered stories in Vietnam, the Soviet Union, El Salvador, Iraq and Guyana.

http://www.truecrimereport.com/2010/04/kim_komenich_san_jose_state_pr.php

A mild mannered professor turns into: "Superhugger."
(I think his experience as a photographer in several conflicts schooled him in how to react to unexpected events.)

[ima_sinnic]

1. I think I'm in love ...

:applause: :loveya:

[icnorth]

2. The GOP carny barkers

Paulin & Bachmann would not approve of Kim's methodology.