Patriots’ Herron Credited With Saving Retired Teacher From Attempted Sexual Assault

Patriots’ Herron Credited With Saving Retired Teacher From Attempted Sexual Assault

New England Patriot Justin Herron is being credited with saving a woman from an attempted sexual assault, according to reports.

Herron was in Tempe, Arizona last Saturday when he witnessed a man attempting to assault a 71-year-old woman in a public park — and pulled him off her, reported CNN. 

"I just knew in that moment that I had to go," said Herron, who ordered the man to stop and pulled him off the woman.

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"You see it in movies and TV all the time, but you never think it's going to happen in real life until it does. In that moment, I was in shock," Justin Herron said during a press conference Wednesday with Murry Rogers, another bystander credited with stopping the attack.

The two were presented with Outstanding Service Awards by the Tempe Police Department.

"If not for the swift actions of Mr. Justin Herron and Mr. Murry Rogers, this vicious attack could've been much worse," Tempe Police Detective Natalie Barela said.

Herron, a 6'5" offensive lineman who just completed his rookie season with the New England Patriots,