It's a little dark. I'm old and alone again. But guess what, I'm strong. "
An 82 year old American grandmother showed off her muscular arms and mocked the burglar, 'he broke into a house he shouldn't have broken into'.
Columbia television news network (CBS) reported on the 24th that on the 21st local time, a man broke into Willy & middot, an 82 year old grandmother in New York; At the home of Willie Murphy.
Murphy alone beat back the 29 year old man who broke in with a table, a bottle of baby shampoo and a broom. Before the police arrived, she successfully subdued him and took the defeated gangster to an ambulance.
Ms. Murphy, who lives in Rochester, New York, is not an ordinary 82 year old. Murphy has been working out. He is only 1.52 meters tall and weighs about 47.6 kilograms, but he can lift 225 pounds (102 kilograms).
She won the championship of her department in the World Federation of natural Weightlifting Championships, won gold medals in hard lift, arm flexion and bench press, and was rated as the weightlifter of the year in 2014.
Murphy told local television that she heard a knock on the door when she was ready to go to bed on Thursday night. A strange man banged on her door and asked Murphy to call an ambulance '.
'he stood outside and said & lsquo; Please call an ambulance for me, Murphy called the police, but refused to open the door.
The man 'became very angry' after being rejected. After 'a loud noise', the man broke through the door. Subsequent events showed that this was not a wise choice for him.
Murphy quickly fought back. " I took a chair and threw it at him. Guess what? The chair was smashed. "
Without stopping, she picked up a nearby metal table and continued to attack, grabbed the table leg and stabbed him.
'when he fell, I jumped on him'. After jumping on him several times in a row, Murphy ran to the kitchen, picked up a bottle of baby shampoo and sprayed it on his face and body.
It's not over. Then she picked up the broom, beat him several times, and planned to drag him away.
Although Murphy could lift 225 pounds, he still couldn't drag the man. She told the TV station that it was too heavy for her.
Just then, the police arrived. The man was finally taken to an ambulance.
CBS quoted local television as saying that Ms. Murphy did not intend to file a lawsuit. She finally told reporters that she thought the man would be relieved at the moment he was sent to the ambulance, 'because I allowed him to leave'.
Ms. Murphy's heroic deeds quickly spread across the United States after being reported. Many older people were inspired to think that fitness exercise has nothing to do with age:
'she inspired me! I'm over 60. I go to the gym 5 / 6 days a week. After listening to this story, I decided to stick to it for the next 20 years. "