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Mother Stabs Attacker’s Hand With Pen to Save Her Children During Car Ambush

This is a true story. Told by the person who lived it -- I’ll never forget the night my mom showed what she’s really made of. It was a cold January evening. My mom, my sister and I were driving home from the store. Rain was pouring, and we were tired, just waiting for the traffic light to turn green—when a group of about seven or eight men approached our car. At first, we thought they were just passing by. But then came the banging, kicking, shouting—and one of them tried to open the passenger door where I was sitting. Mom locked everything just in time. My sister screamed. I froze. Then mom, pale but steady, looked the man dead in the eyes and said, “What do you think you’re doing?” They didn’t answer—just started pounding on the car from every side. Someone shattered the window. A hand reached inside. And that’s when mom acted. She took a pen from the console—just a regular shopping list pen—and stabbed the man’s hand with all her strength. He screamed and pulled back. Without hesitation, she reversed the car, switched gears, and floored it forward. The men jumped back just in time. In a heartbeat, we were out of there. Safe. My mom didn’t just get us home. She showed me what real courage looks like. To me, my mom is the stuff of legend. #Family #TrueStory #survivalstories #EverydayHeroes #ParentingPowers #Motherhood

Mother Stabs Attacker’s Hand With Pen to Save Her Children During Car Ambush
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VIOLA LIUZZO… THE WOMAN WHO REFUSED TO LOOK AWAY

Viola Fauver Liuzzo was a thirty nine year old White mother of five from Detroit who made a choice most people only talk about. She saw the images from the events in Selma in March of 1965 and felt something inside her shift. While many people sat on the sidelines, she packed her car, left her family, and drove to Alabama because she believed protecting human dignity was everybody’s responsibility. She volunteered with the organization working to secure equal voting rights and helped transport marchers between Selma and Montgomery. On the night of March twenty fifth, as she drove with a young Black volunteer named Leroy Moton, a car filled with men from a violent extremist group pulled beside them on the highway. They opened fire. Viola Liuzzo was killed instantly. Leroy survived by pretending to be dead. One of the men in that car was later identified as an informant for federal agents, which sparked decades of questions about what really happened that night. Her death became a turning point. It shook the country. It pushed the conversation into every living room. It helped bring national support behind the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Yet she was attacked by people who wanted to erase her sacrifice. They tried to ruin her reputation. They tried to silence her name. Her family paid the price for decades. But history kept her in the light because truth has a way of rising again. Viola Liuzzo stood where many refused to stand. She offered her life because she believed that injustice anywhere was a threat to every home, every family, and every child. Her legacy asks a simple question. What do you do when you see wrong happening in front of you. Do you turn away or do you step forward like she did. #AmericanHistory #HistoricalFigures #LegacyStories #WomenInHistory #CourageAndCharacter #UnsungHeroes #StoriesWorthKnowing #EverydayHeroes #HistoryMatters #RealPeopleRealImpact

VIOLA LIUZZO… THE WOMAN WHO REFUSED TO LOOK AWAY
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