All in a Day's Work for Garth; Country Singer Rescues Kids, Cures Cancer Patient
The Daily Probe - October 23, 2000
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TULSA, OK (DPI) - Garth Brooks, known for his wild leaping and
running back and forth across the stage, outdid even himself during
a concert here last night, using his super powers to rescue two
young boys from a fire and hit a game-winning home run to save
the life of a cancer patient in India.
While balanced high on a stack of amps during the rousing chorus
of "Friends in Low Places," the stout country crooner spied an
unnatural glow on the horizon. Still singing into his radio
microphone, Brooks leapt from the stage and ran five miles to 1120
Barn Lane, where he found a small frame house engulfed in flames.
Using his favorite guitar as a fire ax, he battered down the door,
rushed inside and rescued two sleeping boys and several 6-week old
Siamese kittens, then headed back to the Tulsa Cow Auction
Auditorium. On the return jog he came upon a minor league baseball
game in progress and paused long enough to strike out three times
before pointing to left field and hitting a game-winning home run
in the bottom of the 13th inning for baseball/country-western fan
Mira Fasanuli, who immediately recovered from terminal everything
cancer in a New Delhi hospital. Brooks then donated one billion
dollars to some local organization of needy bumpkins. During his
heroics, he never once quit strumming his flaming six-stringer and
engaging the distant Cow Auction crowd in a hearty sing-along.
Singed but happy, Brooks finally clambered back onstage to announce
his imminent retirement and his touring and recording schedule for
the next 12 years. Commissioner Gorden has promised to keep the
Garth-signal ready for emergencies.
-- Reported by Chris Jones
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