Jaque Stunich looks pretty frail on the outside. After all, besides his age, the Vietnam veteran has been battling esophageal cancer, and had a bout of gangrene that took part of his stomach. Jaque also survives with a feeding tube, and needs a cane to get around. Even his voice is hoarse.
Overall, it is safe to say that the 74-year-old veteran, at his current age, is not the most threatening individual, nor the strongest.
But the valor his Bronze Star Medal represents never left him after all these years. Despite his age, he was compelled to help a police officer who found himself in a little trouble.
He was on his way to get his car washed when he saw the unnerving action in some bushes close to an intersection. There, a cop was struggling with a suspect on a skateboard, and the 74-year-old immediately jumped in to help, brandishing his cane. But before he got to the two, he lost his strength and fell to the ground.
Miraculously, he found a way to regain his it and teamed up with a man who was on a ride-along with the officer. While the man pinned the suspect to the ground, the heroic vet saw the suspect's hand on the patrolman's gun, and rushed to pry it off before the criminal could make use of it, by bending his wrist back.
The technique worked, and the suspect was arrested. Now, Jaque is being called a hero, and will be honored with another medal, this time from the El Cajon Police Department.
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