Former Marine Saves Woman from Rape in Queens
- Posted on September 28, 2011 at 10:20pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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These colors don’t run.
Brian Teichman served as a Marine for five years in Iraq and Afghanistan where he learned many effective skills to save himself and others in the face of danger. Teichman likely never thought he would need to use these skills while dropping off his two-year-old daughter at a babysitter’s house in Queens, New York Wednesday. At 9:00 a.m. Wednesday morning, Teichman spotted a man forcing woman over a guardrail across the street and into a deserted, wooded area. The former marine jumped to action.
“I am an ex-Marine, so I’m not scared of conflict. I looked down and I saw him straddling her and he had his hand over her mouth and he was trying to rip her shirt off,” he recalled of the incident to the New York Post.
“My thought was ‘scream first, if he runs you don’t need to worry if he has a gun or a knife. In the deepest scream I could, I said, ‘Hey get the f—k off of her !’ He looked up at me and then ran down the hill, toward the west bound shoulder of the Parkway.”
Within minutes police arrived at the scene following a call from the nearby babysitter, but the attacker was already gone. Teichman told the New York Daily News that following the attack he tried to comfort the weeping woman who spoke very little English.
“God bless him,” said Lisa Chianese, a witness to the event who told the New York Daily News that the woman had been waiting for carpool into the city. “He saved her.”
The stoic Teichman painted himself as no hero, only saying to the Daily News “It blows my mind that someone has the audacity to do that at 9 o’clock in the morning.”
“In hindsight I feel like I didn’t do my job until they catch him,” Teichman told the Post.
The suspect, who appeared to be in his 50’s, clean cut, 5’11″ and 200 pounds wearing a tan baseball cap was being sought by police. At the time of the attack the vet was on his way to take a physics exam at Nassau Community College.
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Comments (164)
bluedragon6769
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:05amSemper fi brother!!!!!!!
Report Post »Rick013
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 5:04amRight on! And the infamous nappy poo of homeless insecurity and her trolls thinks vets are potential terrorists. Well, if you’re a potential rapist more than likely so.
Superb job, Marine.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 6:23amno such thing as a former marine. Once a Marine, always a Marine.
Good job.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 6:25amOnce a Marine always a Marine !!!!
OMG – Psalm 109:8
Report Post »EthicsGirl
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 8:11amWhat an awesome story! My dad is a marine, he is my hero ;-) And so is Brian! I hope the catch the would-be rapist!!
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 9:25amThis is an Outrage
That black man had every right to do what he was doing. This is what blacks do and the women did not call for help. What we don’t need is white men taking the law into their own hands.
Hickory
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 9:28amAmen brother.
Report Post »stoptheliesbho
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 9:36am@TeaMarchesOn – STFU. You are an idiot. What a stupid principle to stand on. God and Glenn and ANYONE ELSE with common sense and the fortitude of good conscience would’ve done what this Marine did. Did he kill the man? Did he beat the man up? NO. He screamed at the RAPIST – and the RAPIST POS left. That is NOT taking the law into your own hands. GTFO of the Blaze, Troll.
Report Post »DNC TALIBAN
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 9:49amSniff sniff. the women spoke very little english. why I smell an Illegal alien. she sould not have ben here in the first place.
Report Post »with that said I’m glad she is safe, no one deserves that. and cudo’s to a brother vet. job well done.
Seasoldier
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 10:03am“The Marines have landed and the situation is well in hand” again. Semper Fi to my brother Marine, a job well done.
Report Post »mark111
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 10:41am@teamarcheson I did not see in the article anything to indicate the assailant was black. So, I guess I have to ask are you a tea party person who does happen to be racist or are you a troll trying to make the tea party look racist?
Report Post »MsUnderestimated
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 10:46am@teamarcheson GO AWAY. You’re not fooling ANYONE with your user ID. You ARE NOT a member or a fan of the Tea Party, so STFU and GTFA.
Report Post »robert
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:10pm“The suspect, who appeared to be in his 50’s, clean cut, 5’11″ and 200 pounds wearing a tan baseball cap was being sought by police.”
They included a description obviously so they would get tips about the perps identity. Are they so ignorant they don’t know that giving the race of the perpetrator would narrow things down enormously for possible witness tips as to who this this guy is?
Usually, the only time the press doesn‘t give the race of the perp is when he’s black, so I guess we can assume he’s black.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:11pmStop that “the black man does these things” racist garbage.
Loser.
Report Post »WillG
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:33pmThere is no such thing as a “Former” Marine. Gung Ho!
Report Post »Scruff
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:38pm@TeaMarchesOn
Report Post »The article said the guy was a rapist, not a racist. Learn to read, because there is (often) a distinction. Seriously, though, the article never mentions the rapist’s race – not even in his description; he’d be easier to find if they had that information. (Don’t give me that “profiling” crap – he’s the same color even when seen from the front. JKBNR)
evilhatemonger
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 1:55pmGoing to give the benefit of the doubt here and assume that teamarcheson is being sarcastic. I really hope so, anyway.
Not to take anything away from Mr. Teichman, but his actions shouldn’t be so noteworthy. Any good citizen should have been willing to do the same thing. However, this being the real world…
Report Post »Kudos to Brian Teichman.
Recondo
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 6:45pmSEMPER FI!!!!!
This should be all over the news…..So Sad its not…
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 8:21pmAwesome
Report Post »flagman texas marine
Posted on September 30, 2011 at 12:59amSemper Fi Marine
Report Post »gracew
Posted on October 1, 2011 at 5:26pmGod bless you, sir!
Report Post »Middle Finger
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:45pmOnce in the military, always in the military! To protect and defend!
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:55pmGood on ya Marine…you make me proud to be an American. We still are the good guys! Semper Fi brother.
Report Post »Major_Skidmark
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 4:29amLove your Avatar! GMTA
Report Post »Rick013
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 5:05amKudos for that most honorable statement.
Report Post »22
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 5:35amI have a feeling that more of us are going to be put in this type of situation sooner or later. GREAT JOB!
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 6:59amYea, that’s why so many vets have a problem with the current administration. We swore to protect our country from all enemies both foreign and domestic.
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 9:24amOutstanding, Marine.
You lived the Oath.
Thank you for your service and best of luck back in the world.
Report Post »FormerCaptainK
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 11:25amOutstanding job Marine! We are proud of you.
Report Post »BowHuntingTexas
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:32pmGreat job. Wish NY allowed for conceal and carry and had the castle doctrine.
The woman might not have been attacked if she was allowed to defend herself even before the Marine showed up.
And if not, the Marine could have stopped the perp dead in his tracks.
Report Post »ADNIL
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 7:39amAnd if you do not have a gun, fight back in every possible way.
As a young girl I was advised by my mother, should I find myself in that position (pardon the pun), to give in lest he hurt or kill me. WRONG!
The first time it was much like the woman in this report. He was straddling me, pinning my arms to the ground with his knees, and ripping off my clothes. However, my screams only attracted a crowd of watchers who did not intervene. My continued struggling kneed him in the crotch (he was straddled over me), afterwhich he rolled off of me holding his crotch and groaning. I lept up and RAN passed the watchers (who were all gutless males, by the way). I never told my mother about this. She would have put the blame on me as would most of society, at that time.
God Bless the MARINES! I’m glad he was there for her.
Report Post »Pawhuska
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 11:28amMy sincere sympathy for all who have been in this situation! This should never be!
I just hope the gun grabbers dont’ offer this a proof that you only need a scream for self defence! they may decide that a recorded scream would be as effective as a gun and issue everyone a phone app for that! phoneappdefence.com :) rember when seconds count the police are only minuites away!
Report Post »Tom K
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:20pm@BOWHUNTINGTEXAS: New York City with NO conceal – carry for the good guys. The Marine and the woman are fortunate the would be rapist did not pull an illegal hand gun on them. Had our hero had a gun, he could have possibly held the suspect at gun point for the police. At press time, the suspect is still out there and a threat. If – If – If. Our Marine did a great job with what he had to work with. Thank You. @ADNIL: Sorry no one came to your defense. Gutless / GUNless wonders indeed.
Report Post »Steev
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:29pmWas it the marine in him or the humanity in him which made him do that ?
Report Post »Halloween
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:05amPeople with a certain kind of character go into the Marines. When they get out, they still have that character. Why would you want to separate the two?
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:31amI think that the desire to do what he did was because of the humanity in him, but the action he took was the Marine in him
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 6:52amHalloween and Chuck…..I agree with both of you. No reason to separate the two, Hallo, and what the Marine did proves, in fact, that they are inseparable.
Report Post »ADNIL
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 7:41amTraining builds confidence. The character was there to begin with.
Report Post »bigdaddyt46
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 8:12amboth it was marine humanity :D
Report Post »deloid
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:14pmI say the humanity as many if not most of us would do the same. The difference is that we would likely get hurt…he wouldn’t. See my previous post (I did the same thing). Look at the video of all those people lifting the car with the motorcycle on fire close by. Humans have a great capacity to act. A military background gives you a greater chance at succeeding.
Report Post »Juan Gault
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 7:59pmAny reason it could not be both?
Semper Fidelis, Marine, a job well done.thank you.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:29pmno such thing as a former US Marine!
Report Post »American_Woman
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:26pmAwesome job Marine Teichman. Can you call upon your wonderful brothers and go down to Wall Street to intimidate the mobsters trying to throw our financial world in chaos? You guys ROCK!
Report Post »lobo2525
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:15pmGreat but the sad thing is this is now the exception not the rule. everybody there should have been running over to aid the women
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:01amEverybody? The article only mentions the Marine and a woman named Lisa.
Report Post »BannedByHuffpo
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:13pmThe ACLU will be after this guy for “intimidating” some poor unsuspecting guy who was just trying to show this girl how much he “cared” for her. Watch it end in a lawsuit with this poor unsuspecting “jar-head“ paying a fine and serving a suspended sentence for ”interfering” in somebody else’s business.
But hey …. only in Amerika!
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:02amOnly in Obama‘s and Holder’s America!
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:12pmNo such thing as “former” marine!
Report Post »aicardi
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:24pmExactly! Once a Marine always a Marine. Thank you for all your sacrifices, foreign and domestic!
Report Post »gijody20
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:25pmAmen!!!
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:04amAlways Faithful. Simper Fi young man.
Report Post »Heck62
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:12pmThank you for your continued service Marine!
Report Post »nmontague
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 10:57pmWhat a great example for all men everywhere. You don’t need to be a former marine to be a man. just step up and do what’s right and protect others!
Report Post »Servant Of YHVH
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:01pmOorah Marine Oorah
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:05pmIndeed, and in this case I call to him ‘Marine, Great Job!!!’
Report Post »xzero01
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 10:56pmi shall call him Batman!
Report Post »xzero01
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 10:56pmi shall call him BatMan!!!
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 10:54pmVery, very nice job FORMER MARINE! (no such thing as an ex-Marine!!!!!!)
Just for the record: Paratroopers ain’t exactly worthless.
Actually all the services deserve respect. Including the Air Farce and the kids on the boats with the cute little white hats.
Report Post »TunaBlue
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:18pmThey “deserve respect.” Is that true? Why does someone deserve respect by default because they choose to join the military? I’m sick of this idea that firefighters, police, teachers, and other public servants should get our respect because of their choice to become public servants. Most choose these careers because of the awesome benefits and retirement packages. I know, I was one of them!
Let’s respect people who earn it, but only if you want to give them respect. Let’s stop thinking that we MUST give them respect mechanically.
While I’m at it, let’s do away with calling public servants and military personnel “hero’s,” too. Let’s wait until someone actually does something heroic. And there are people, like this guy in the story, who do heroic things everyday.
Report Post »STOPTHEPROGRESSIVES
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:22pmI bet you did’nt think “farce” when the jolly green showed up with that para/rescue hanging at the of that damned cable to bring you more ammo or treat your wounded or bring out that helecoptor pilot or bring rations or water………..or any of the hundreds of other little mission essentials we humped in and out for ya PAL.
Report Post »semper fi Marines.
JohnHW
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:46pmI was one of those “kids on the boats with the cute little white hats” who served 11 years. But most of those boats are SHIPS. Once, I was in the right place to take my saddle rifle and help stop a bank robbery. About six months later, coming back in the Civil Air Patrol L-16, I saw the two sheriff cars leaving town, with lights, and called dispatch (we had a radio for SAR purposes). Found out another bank robbery and got the getaway car’s specs. From 1,500 feet, located the vehicle and through dispatch directed the two sheriff’s cars before continuing on to the airport. On two SARs, found two lost individuals. Disarmed an idiot with a knife who wanted to rob the store where I worked. Saw a guy hide when a patrol car was moving slowly through the parking lot, called in the guy’s location and pointed him out to the police.
What I am saying is, if you need someone who has the knowledge, experience and not be afraid to use them, get a former serviceman who VOLUNTEERED to service his country, not just sign up for a job with good benefits. BTW: I was “RIFed” after Vietnam and get no benefits other than an additional 10% on my social security retirement.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:52pmI guess my sarcasm wasn’t as easy to see as I had thought. I have respect for all services! Anyone who served has to understand iter-service rivalry……. No harm was meant.
For the Airborne I can’t count the number of times I heard that the only two things that fall from the sky is bird sh&% and fools.
Lighten up.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:55pmA-10 hogs were my best friends several times!
If you are that thin skinned feel free to skip over any & all of my posts. My intent was obvious.
Respect anyone or no-one. Up to you. I am no hero and never tried to portray myself as one. Almost all heros are already dead.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:17am@TunaBlue
Report Post »Hey Tuna, why don’t you go have a little talk with Mayor Bloomberg about the first responders not being welcomed at the 10th 9/11 anniversary?
PS; I went through all your posts and didn’t find one post about Bloomberg baning the first responders. Why is that?
Msgt Ret
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 7:07amFunny
Report Post »Imthatguywiththeface
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 9:05am@ Tunablue
Report Post »The idea of them deserving respect is based on the fact that they (military service personnel) are sacrificing thier personal lives and putting themselves in harms way for the greater good. Simply because you were a pubic service employee for the bennies, doesnt mean that ALL public employees are. Please dont try to belittle the ammount of selflessness displayed by those whose motivations you cant possibly speak for. The idea of sacrifice, honor, and valor in the face of adversity is the mantra of ALL OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN. I commend this marine for doing what was necessary, with little regard for his own well being, gives me hope for humanity.
Juan Gault
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 8:06pmTunablue ,Perhaps they “Protect and Serve”, this great nation.
Report Post »Oh,and they swear an oath to support the Constitution, against all enemies DOMESTIC and foreign.
dazedandamazed
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 10:50pmThere are still some real men left in this country. It wouldn’t take many like him to clear out the dumb a**s protesting on Wall St.
Report Post »mr.goodvibe
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 10:46pmGreat job marine! I wish you had the chance for justice on his ass too!
Report Post »kcinco
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 10:42pmSemper Fi! God bless this U.S. Marine and all the Marines who have served. We owe you so much.
Report Post »GENEPAGLIARI
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 10:11amSEMPER FI, Marine.
Report Post »libertydoc
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 10:41pmSemper Fi!!
Report Post »mom4times
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 10:41pmGOTTA LOVE the marines…..Nothin like them on earth :) Awesome job !!!
Report Post »Ducky 1
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 10:39pmMarines rock!!
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 10:37pmBrian Teichman …well done sir!!!!!
Report Post »Thank you for your service to Our Great Country!!!
scout n ambush
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 10:32pmNo such thing as a former Marine at least i haven’t met one yet. lol If he could have only got his hands on the guy he would probably feel better.
Report Post »Liberty1791
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 10:30pmWay to go MARINE! Hope they catch the creep.
Report Post »honestynow
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 10:29pmBravo. Thank goodness there are still men of integrity, valor, and honor.
Report Post »Zcat
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 10:25pmExcellent job! Thank God he was there an able to stop the poor woman from being raped!
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 10:32pmGotta love those Marines!! Good Job! Thank you!!
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