US man who deflected hockey puck flying directly at boy, 4, hailed as hero

US man who deflected hockey puck flying directly at boy, 4, hailed as hero

Mother of Nasir Davis calls Andrew Podolak, 33, who averted a potential tragedy in Cleveland, Ohio, ‘a really special person’

An Ohio man who used his arm to deflect a hockey puck flying directly toward a four-year-old boy – sparing him from serious injury or worse – is being heralded as a hero.

The heroic – and coordinated – feat took place last Thursday at a minor league hockey game in Cleveland. The Cleveland Monsters match was nearly finished when a hockey puck launched into the crowd headed straight for little Nasir Davis.

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