A 25-year-old Houston man named Andrew Pasek who died on Aug. 29 while attempting to rescue his sister’s cat during Hurricane Harvey is being lauded as a hero.
Pasek was electrocuted by a live wire in floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey while trying to check on his sister’s trapped cat, D’Artagnan, according to his family.
“He was just trying to be my hero,” Alyssa Pasek told People of her brother at the time. “He just really wanted to go and be the one to call me and tell me, ‘She’s okay, she’s fine, don’t worry.'”
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Pasek was electrocuted by a live wire in floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey while trying to check on his sister’s trapped cat, D’Artagnan, according to his family.
“He was just trying to be my hero,” Alyssa Pasek told People of her brother at the time. “He just really wanted to go and be the one to call me and tell me, ‘She’s okay, she’s fine, don’t worry.'”
Now,...
- 9/26/2017
- by Saryn Chorney
- PEOPLE.com
On Friday, President Donald Trump signed a controversial executive order that suspended entry of all refugees to the United States for 120 days, barred Syrian refugees indefinitely, and blocked entry into the U.S. for 90 days for citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
The ban has sparked outrage, fear and protests across America and the globe. Some have also called into question its legality, pointing to the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which banned all discrimination against immigrants on the basis of national origin. On Saturday, federal judges in New York and Boston...
The ban has sparked outrage, fear and protests across America and the globe. Some have also called into question its legality, pointing to the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which banned all discrimination against immigrants on the basis of national origin. On Saturday, federal judges in New York and Boston...
- 1/29/2017
- by Aurelie Corinthios
- PEOPLE.com
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