Steve Cortez doesn’t consider himself a hero for rescuing a 7-year-old neighbor girl who was being attacked by a dog. I hope he’ll understand I respectfully disagree about that. I feel certain many others in Lubbock also will disagree.
When Corzez, 63, saw the pit bull on top of the girl attacking her, he hurried to help. The neighborhood was afraid of the dog, he said. Risking harm to save someone else qualifies him as a hero in my book.