“He was trying to walk out and walk away from us,” said Nimenya. “He pushed me aggressively out of the way, kinda like just gives me the smile, like, ‘I can do this. You can’t do anything about it.’”

The four teenagers rushed in to halt the attack without considering the consequences. Wright stayed behind to assist the girl, while Nimenya, Hielema, and Rives-Perez followed the man.

“You can’t just leave a girl and like she was young, 15 years old. She needed help and we needed to be there for her,” Carsyn Wright told Global News.

Ultimately, the sexual attacker and three of the teenagers got into a violent altercation. He once seized a longboard belonging to one of the teenagers and used it as a weapon against them. But the three would not allow the predator to escape. They eventually overcame him and restrained him until the police showed up. The individual was later accused of sexual assault.

Wright told CBC, “Instinct took over I guess, I saw someone that needed help and I just did everything I could to help her.”

The Cheif’s Awards Gala takes place in Calgary, Canada every year. It’s where the “Calgary Police honor citizens who have made the city a better and safer place to live.” The four teens who stopped the sexual assault of that young girl were honored at the 2016 ceremony.

When police tried to contact one of the teens to inform them of the award, he was caught by surprise.

“We always thought we were going to be in trouble, because we fought with him. When they called us, we didn’t wanna answer,” Nimenya told CBC news.

“Calgary is a safe place to live but it doesn’t happen by itself, it’s safe because of the people that live here and the nature of wanting to help and wanting to look out for each other and that’s really a nice comment for such a big city,” Calgary Police Chief Roger Chaffin told 660 News.

Aren’t you happy that these courageous youths trusted their gut feelings and followed their instincts? Without a doubt, their presence makes the world a lot better place!