A Homeless Man Became A National Hero After He Was Shot And Killed Saving A Woman From A Hostage Situation
BuzzFeed - Latest 2015-09-09
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On Friday, Luiz Antonio da Silva entered Sao Paolo Cathedral in Brazil and took clerk Elenilza Mariana de Oliveira hostage.
Speaking to local media, de Oliveira said that she was praying inside the cathedral when she was first approached by da Silva.
He then held her at gunpoint on the steps of the cathedral. Da Silva was known to local police and had served time for a series of serious offenses.
However, the hostage situation was interrupted when 61-year-old Erasmo Francisco Rodrigues de Lima, a local homeless man, decided to intervene.
