One of the Most Remarkable Things I've Ever Seen

This event has stuck with me over the last 3 years and I doubt I'll ever forget it.

I was out with my friends downtown bar-hopping. We were transitioning from one bar to another when we saw a crowd of people across the street gathered. We went over to investigate when all of a sudden a girl began hitting another girl. The girl under attack began backtracking in an attempt to avoid the blows of the other girl. At this point, a few of the attacker's friends began participating in the violence. Now for those who have ever been out in this type of environment know that this is commonplace when you mix alcohol and late nights together, so we weren't too surprised by the situation.

But then something happened that I've never seen before. The person that the attacked girl had been backtracking to was her boyfriend. He obviously didn't want to violently get involved because it was an all-female 'fight'. Well unfortunately, his girlfriend fell down to the ground. The attackers then began surrounding her and kicking her from getting back up. Now one would think that the boyfriend would pick the girl up and take her to safety. But instead, he got down on the ground WITH her, hugging himself around her body so that he could absorb the blows. Not until the girls stopped did he get up with his girlfriend to walk away. He completely put himself in harm's way to protect his girlfriend. His actions said that he was not only willing to get her out of the situation, but also willing to stay with her in the pain. Absolutely incredible.