A. R. Johnson

A. R. Johnson rescued Wen Ting Huang from assault, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 5, 2002. Ms. Huang, 30, was attacked in her home, then outside on the sidewalk, by a man wielding an eight-inch meat cleaver. Johnson, 26, apprentice electrician, was driving to his home in the neighborhood when he saw the assault. He stopped his vehicle, exited, and ran about 40 feet to the assailant, shouting. The assailant turned toward Johnson, then dropped the weapon. Johnson pushed the assailant against the wall of a house along the sidewalk and engaged him in a hold until two police officers arrived shortly. The assailant was then combative as the officers arrested him. Ms. Huang required hospitalization for treatment of numerous wounds.