Billy Rugh gave his Life to save a Stranger/A True Hero Story/Gary Indiana 1912

#garyindiana #trueheroes #billyrugh Have you ever heard of Billy Rugh? In 1912, a woman was severely burned in a house fire, and a call was put out for skin graft donations. Rugh was a 40 something "newsboy" who had that job as the way he was able to support himself: he had a bum leg that left him out of other jobs. He came forward and offered to help. The doctors warned him that they
needed so much skin that it would cost him the bum leg, which he said
never did him any favors anyway. Shortly after the amputation, he got
sick in the hospital and died. His funeral was held at the new Gary
Methodist Church, as it was the largest church to hold the funeral, and
that was too small. Crowd estimates wildly vary, but saying the whole
city was either in attendance, or followed the story, was true.
I don't know if the cement, where the plaque would've been, would even still be at the Memorial Auditorium site once the entrance was razed. Here's the link to the story https://minermark.wordpress.com/2021/05/01/greater-love-hath-no-man-newsboy-billy-rughs-donation-of-a-useless-leg/ Join this channel to get access to perks:
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