Days after Bryan Tecun confronted a mugger in Lengthy Seaside, the 30-year-old meals truck proprietor nonetheless has hassle catching his breath to inform the story — the results of an harm he suffered in the course of the adrenaline-pumping incident.
After a protracted evening of serving hungry prospects at his meals truck, Bryan’s Birrieria, Tecun noticed a person rob an older girl sitting on a bench in Lengthy Seaside. He requested her if she was OK after which, with out pondering, gave chase.
“I simply began to maneuver,” Tecun mentioned.
First, he maneuvered his meals truck to chop off the mugger; then he jumped out to confront the person. There was an argument, then the 2 males wrestled over the lady’s cellphone. Tecun pulled away the telephone that was wrapped in a jacket within the mugger’s fingers.
Through the March 10 wrestle, Tecun thought he dislocated his shoulder. By the point he appeared up, one other individual joined him to assist get the lady’s telephone and police have been already on the scene.
It was shortly after 5 a.m. however Tecun felt the adrenaline surging via his physique from the chase. Police later arrested 29-year-old Alexander Pierson, who was booked for theft. He was being held in jail in lieu of a $75,000 bail, the Lengthy Seaside Police Division mentioned.
Taco truck proprietor Bryan Tecun of Highland was stabbed whereas preventing with a thief who robbed a girl close to his meals truck on March 20, 2024. Tecun drove his taco truck down the road to dam the thief after which jumped out to combat the person.
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“I spoke to police after which made positive to return the lady’s stuff again to her,” he mentioned. “I didn’t want the rest, didn’t want police or medical assist.”
However on the drive house Tecun felt the adrenaline begin to die down. He known as his spouse to inform her what occurred and mentioned he was not feeling nice, with ache surging via his chest. He drove to the lot the place he parks his truck in a single day and requested the safety guard to assist him park the automobile as a result of he was in a lot discomfort. That’s when he requested somebody to name 911.
Nurses on the hospital minimize off his sweater. For the primary time, Tecun noticed blood and realized he had been stabbed close to his neck and once more in his rib cage, he mentioned. One in every of his lungs collapsed and there was inside bleeding in his chest. Medical personnel described to him the extent of his accidents and the following steps they’d take to deal with him.
However it was all a blur.
“As they began to inform me the place the puncture wounds have been on my physique, I panicked,” Tecun mentioned.
Tecun has hassle catching his breath now when retelling what occurred. The main points of that day are upsetting and he’s making an attempt to not let that derail his restoration.
Although he’s nonetheless damage, Tecun has not contacted the Lengthy Seaside Police Division to reveal his accidents. Police encourage Tecun to return ahead if he was significantly injured, however he’s reluctant and received’t say why.
“I really feel like rising up, my dad instilled in me to be fearless and to by no means let something maintain us again,” he mentioned. “I obtained the hardest love from my dad and the softest love from my mother.”
Over the telephone, his voice is panicked as he begins to consider his 4 staff who’re quickly out of labor whereas he recovers. He’s already picturing himself cooking, purchasing and lifting the heavy metallic pots stuffed with birria in his truck, although he nonetheless has a white bandage underneath his shirt the place he was stabbed.
The Lengthy Seaside neighborhood is exhibiting its help for Tecun. A GoFundMe began to assist together with his restoration has already generated practically $30,000.
Within the feedback, well-wishers reward his heroic actions.
One individual wrote, “Your mom should really feel so proud to have a son such as you, she positively raised you proper.”
“Each Good Samaritan deserves an angel,” another person wrote.
“Most individuals at the moment would flip away and never get entangled. Your motion offers me hope for mankind. God bless you.”
