Supergran: Hero or fool?
Ann Timson is an awe-inspiring seventy-year-old grandmother. Why? Because she is a hero!
Last week, Ann Timson was talking to a woman on the street when she heard a commotion. She saw six men shattering the windows of a jewellery store in broad daylight.
Realizing that other bystanders “did nothing”, she stepped in. She dashed across the street and hit one of the robbers with her shopping bag bringing him to the ground. The man was pinned down by other people who finally came to her aid.
Remarkably, all of this was captured by a freelance cameraman who happened to be nearby. The video was a huge buzz on YouTube.
The supergran insisted she was “not a hero” but “somebody has to do something”.
It turned out that Ann Timson had been at the “heart of the community” for 20 years. Residing in a poor area of Northampton, she had checked on vulnerable and disabled residents on the estate where she was a warden.
