Father Defends Daughter From Naked Intruder

This, my friends, is tough to beat. Up for nomination is Robert McNally, 64, of Indianapolis, Indiana. The details are found here , but a summary will suffice.....

• Mr. McNally's 17 year old daughter awoke at 3 am screaming that a naked man was in her room (and presumably not one of her frequent boyfriends from school)
• Mr. McNally rushed to his daughter's room and pinned the naked intruder on the floor, and in the process squeezing the very life out of this convicted sex offender via strangulation.
• Mr. McNally apparently did not hold up until police arrived, who told him he could let go. By this time the intruder was "unresponsive"
• Upon searching the masked intruder, they found rope, a knife, condoms, a gag, and latex gloves

Of course the police ruled that Mr. McNally was within his rights (God we can only hope), and in a weird twist of fate, the intruder's brother said, ""[He] performed heroically. He did exactly what any father, any husband should do."

Mr. McNally meets all of the criteria for consideration of a Flosey Award. He came to the aid of his daughter, whom I will posture may not sleep well for some time, and clearly given the circumstances of what the intruder brought with him, saved his daughter from a horrific attack.

Furthermore, he did what any red-blooded American father would do - he strangled the monster until he died, and then he refused to let go. In nature there are various animals (snapping turtles & dogs) that when provoked, will clamp down on a threat and not let go until all signs of threat are gone. Mr. McNally is one of those animals. He killed the monster with his bare hands (a naked man wearing a mask and gloves, by the way), and refused to let go.

Had he failed, his daughter and wife were in danger. It's 3 am and it's you or your family. This is one reason why I have multiple loaded firearms located discretely throughout my home, but Mr. McNally clearly feels comfortable in wringing the life from a man with his bare freaking hands.

Even in his moment of being a total stud, he remains humbled by his experience. "Nobody wins," McNally told The Indianapolis Star. "It's a lose-lose situation for everybody. He has family also."

Not anymore, he doesn't.

You, sir, are worthy of a nomination for this year's Flosey Award. We could use a few more like you.

Nominee: Noah Herron

Note to potential burglars...don't break into the house of an NFL player, unless you are absolutely certain he's not home.

Of course, two idiots entered the home of former Green Bay Packers running back Noah Herron earlier this year. The basic details are that Herron was playing video games upstairs. He heard glass breaking on the first floor, so he phoned police. He didn't just hide away from the burglars, though. He unscrewed a bedpost, and put one of the criminals in the hospital.

The other man, if we even want to call him that, wisely fled the house immediately and was greeted by the arriving police.

Herron was fine.

I love this quote, by the way:

"Noah Herron used necessary, reasonable and justifiable force in protecting his life and property," Kocken said in a statement. "Herron, the victim in this random home invasion, is cooperating with law enforcement."

The victim. That's so awesome.

I hereby nominate Noah Herron for the 2008 Flosey Award.

Finally, if there is an anti-Flosey -- the list would be far too long -- I'd nominate the burglar that ran outside like a scalded dog while Herron lit up his partner in crime.

Why are we here?

Vance Flosenzier. Man, myth, legend. Uncle, hero, commoner. Essence of a man. Why do we honor him? Let the nancy pants at CNN introduce us to Vance.

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There is new information out this afternoon about that shark attack that involved a young boy at a Pensacola, Florida beach. For the first time now, we're getting details of the attack from the uncle, who wrestled the shark to shore after it attacked the little boy. CNN national correspondent Gary Tuchman is in Pensacola, Florida now. Gary, what you can tell us?

GARY TUCHMAN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Joie, the National Park Service has released its official report of the shark attack in Pensacola beach that has left the young Jessie Arbogast in critical but stable condition, and it's so chilling it sounds like a movie, but it's all true. Little Jessie was at the beach with his aunt, uncles and cousins. His uncle Vance Flosenger (ph) says, quote: "I heard someone yell 'shark' and a scream." The uncle then saw a large pool of blood where the children were playing. The uncle ran into the water and saw the shark holding onto Jessie's arm. The uncle grabbed the base of the tail of the shark and tried to pull it away from Jessie. The uncle pulled the second time, and the shark fell free. Jessie fell back, away from the shark, and an unidentified man caught Jessie, prevented him from drowning. His aunt Diana helped carry Jessie from the water.

Vance, the uncle, still had a hold of the shark. Two of his girls were still in the water. Vance began stepping backward, pulling the shark to shore, noticing that the shark appeared to have no power. It kept trying to turn toward the uncle. The shark continued to try to swim away. The uncle pulled the shark up to the embankment, away from the water. The aunt began CPR on Jessie. The uncle grabbed some towels and shirts to wrap Jessie's wounds. Two park rangers then arrived on the scene. They used a baton to pry open the shark's mouth on the beach. Jessie's arm was in there, but the shark was still alive. So, ranger Gerald Klein (ph) shot the shark in the head four times. They then retrieved the arm, and it has now been reattached to Jessie. He remains in the hospital, as we said, in critical stable condition -- Joie.

CHEN: Gary, can you talk about the emotions given in that report? I mean, is it a pretty straightforward sort of police report, or do you have the sense of the tremendous emotion and adrenaline that the uncle must have had as he was trying to rescue the little boy.

TUCHMAN: Well, that's why the report is so surreal, Joie, because I've read hundreds of reports like this over the years from different crime scenes, and it's laid out exactly the same way, but I have certainly never seen details like this before.

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And finally, a search of this legendary man will also share the story of his nephew, who regrettably suffered brain damage from his attack. So as we honor Vance, we also give thanks for the life that he saved and wish only the best for the challengs that boy faces.