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If I've ever claimed that today's youth have no sense of honour then I stand corrected. For that matter, he puts most of my generation to shame too.

Good Samaritan

RICHMOND, B.C. - A young Richmond, B.C. gas station attendant who was brutally beaten when he tried to stop the assault of a woman this weekend is now calling on her to come forward and identify her attacker.

Kevin Venn, 20, suffered a fractured skull, a broken nose, severe bruises and deep lacerations when he tried to stop the assault near the gas station where he works.

"I just hope she's OK," said Venn at an RCMP news conference Tuesday where he appeared bruised and scarred with swollen eyes. "And that she would come forward and put an end to the threat that this individual's putting on our community."

Around 12:45 a.m. Saturday, Venn said he heard a woman screaming and that he went to her aid.

He said he saw a man violently shake and try to restrain the woman.

Venn said beyond that, he remembers little about the incident.
He was apparently hit in the face with a glass object, beaten and knocked to the ground. Both the attacker and the woman he was trying to help then fled the scene.

The RCMP said Venn staggered more than 1,200 metres before he collapsed unconscious. He was found more than an hour after the assault by a police officer on his way to another call.

When asked by a reporter whether he thought he did the right thing, he replied: "Definitely, sir. Definitely."

"I know that I could take more of a beating than that female victim could have."

His parents deserve a round of applause for raising such a fine young man. Hopefully he marries and contributes heavily to our collective gene pool, it can use a good infusion of selflessness.