Abelino Barbosa rescued a woman from assault, Browns Mills, New Jersey, May 25, 1993. A 35-year-old woman was in her apartment with her two young daughters when, at night, a man armed with a knife broke into the apartment and began to attack her. A neighbor, Barbosa, 44, driver and guard, heard the woman’s shouts for help. Barbosa ran to her apartment and entered. When he confronted the assailant, the assailant punched him. The two men then struggled violently, allowing the woman and her daughters to flee the apartment. Barbosa restrained the assailant and held him to the floor until police arrived and arrested him. Both Barbosa and the woman required hospital treatment for cuts and bruises.
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