Real Dads Stand Up: Dad Called Hero After Hostage Ordeal

We like to share stories of real dads holding it down whenever we see them in the media. Here’s a story from a few days ago where a man from Clinton, MD saved his family from two would be bank robbers who were holding them all hostage.

According to police, the would-be robbers planned for one of them to go to the bank with Spruell’s wife. Spruell said he didn’t want his family separated, though, so he made up a story to force them to change their plans.

“I made up a story and said my aunt was coming over at the same time that he wanted my wife to take off to her branch,” Spruell said.

So the two men put the whole family in the car and one of the pair went with them, police said, but Spruell had another idea to get his family free.

He began driving erratically, and when a Maryland state trooper pulled them over and came to the window, he said he jumped into action.

“I hopped from the front to the back … and I held him down and said, ‘He got a gun, he got a gun, he got a gun,’” Spruell told WJLA.

Our hat goes off to James Spruell. Click here for full story and video.

About the author

Lamar and Ronnie Tyler are the creators of the award-winning blog BlackandMarriedWithKids.com . They also are behind the Amazon.com bestselling DVDs Happily Ever After: A Positive Image of Black Marriage, You Saved Me and Men Ain’t Boys that explores manhood in the African American community. The Tylers are also the proud parents of four children.

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