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This is the kind of story that gives you chills. Tragic and incredible.

This should be one of those cases you read about where the person driving the car who caused this terrible tragedy has to write a check for $2 to the charity founded in the victims name every week for the rest of his life.

How the ***** do people allow themselves to drive drunk? Disgusting. You might as well just fire a gun randomly.

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died a hero

These stories always move me to tears and at the same time rejuvenate my faith in humanity

Damn, that's incredibly sad. :/ What a great guy, too.

why do the drunk drivers ALWAYS survive

To put it lightly, that guy is a ***** hero.

thats what a real father should be doing, not the crap that being going on in the news lately

I don't think I'll ever be that selfless. This guy didn't even flinch.

Terrible story =(, we always lose the good ones

Some people later on will say that they maybe feel bad for the guy driving drunk because "he's going to have to live with the guilt" for the rest of his life.
I say ***** him, and ***** his guilt. Nail his ass to the wall. Only two felony charges for aggravated driving under the influence, and a license ticket?

Very tragic story, doing what fathers do for their daughters. Seems like NOTHING is going right in Chicago right now.

$2/week? ***** that. Make this ***** give his entire life savings and then hang him.

they just wanted some McDonalds :(

This is probably one of the saddest stories I've ever read, but being a father to 5 children all I can say is this guy is a true hero. He made the ultimate sacrifice to protect that which matters most to him. Rest in peace Mr Richardson, you truly are an amazing man.

make the guy contribute to the family for the rest of his life.

Why do things like these keep happening to good people ?

Life is unfair. Truly a tragic story. My condolences go out to the family.

i find storys like this seem alot more saddening because of his actions, with the world being the hell hole it has become, its always amazing to see that we are capable of things like this, its quite beautiful, which makes it sad as it take something like this to happen for us to see this side of us.

"This is the kind of story that gives you chills. Tragic and incredible."

this is true, i got the chills to reading this tory, this guy Joseph would have had 1 mabey 2 seconds to react, and he chose to get his little daughter out of the way without even the time for a thought for himself, truely incredible and heroic.

R.I.P Mr. Richardson. We should bring back public execution for this drunk driver.

Digg this one up - nice break from all the politics. What a sad story =(

A real man, something not seen often these days...

I would like to think I would do the same for my little girld but Im not sure. This guy didnt even flinch when that decision came upon him.
Sucks too. He wanted to be a minister.
And Im in agreement with the "hang the drunk driver who kills folks" mentality. It would at least help deter tragedies like this.
Heart to the family for their loss.

Thank you Joseph.

Joseph was prepared, in my opinion, and thought out beforehand what he would do if just such a circumstance presented itself. A parent must always search for ways that things could go wrong and how they will act to protect their offspring.

wow - now that is amazing. What a selfless person.
I am impressed at his courage.

so there are heroes still in this world.

Very sad... but it only compounds the situation when a huge parade of misguided people come along calling for lynching and stuff like that. Murdering the drunk driver isn't going to bring back the man he negligently hit... That's just plain old fashion vengeance. We have a long way to go before people really understand why prisons should be places of rehabilitation and "correction", as they're called. What's the purpose of punishment in the first place? An eye for an eye does no good, except to give a twisted sense of satisfaction to people suffering psychology from seeing good people die.

Bravo Mr Richardson. True Hero!

dugg for twin telepathy.

From the brief write up it looks like the little girl is left in the hands of a strong family.. Thank God for that..
My prayers for them all

may his soul rest in peace

Dugg in respect of hero Joseph Richardson who saved his daughters life

That's a good cause to die for...

That bites. The guy was very cool. I mean, I think all of us parents know that we will always do whatever it takes to keep our kids safe, but it just sucks that he had to prove it in this way. as for Mr. dumb-ass thug guy that can't figure out how to ***** CALL A CAB when he's ***** drunk cause his hos won't give him no respect... just imagine what's gonna happen in him in prison.... he'll be begging for death inside of two weeks (but at least his asshole will be big enough to park that ***** car in.)

A true hero

So sad. There are so many fatherless children out there, and but these kids had a great one and now he's gone thanks to some selfish a$$hole.