A Cleveland hero is getting free burgers for life. Charles Ramsey, the man who helped rescue three women that were held captive for a decade has been granted a special card that will allow him to get free hamburgers.
After rescuing the women, Ramsey gave an interview in which he mentioned how he was eating McDonalds when he noticed Amanda Berry in trouble.
"I heard screaming," Ramsey told reporters after the rescue on May 6. "I'm eating my McDonald's, I come outside, I see this girl going nuts trying to get out of her house. So I go on the porch and she says, 'Help me get out, I've been here a long time.'"
His interview went viral on the Internet and a thread was started on Reddit saying "Charles Ramsey deserves Free Big Macs for life. Who agrees?" More than 19,000 people agreed, showing their support.
Ramsey has been called a hero and more than a dozen local restaurants are recognizing his efforts. Ramsey is getting a "chuck Card" which will allow him to get free burgers for like when he goes to any of the participating restaurants, USA Today reports.
"We want to honor our local hero with local food," Scott Kuhn of Driftwood Restaurant Group told the Plain Dealer. Kuhn's group operates four of the restaurants participating in the offer. "He stopped his meal midway through to help those women. We're now making sure he has other opportunities to go out and fully enjoy his burger."
Free burgers for life isn't all that Ramsey got. Hodge's Cleveland, a restaurant where Ramsey works as a dishwasher, honored him by creating the "Ramsey Burger," shortly after the May 6 rescue.
Ariel Castro was holding three women captive in his house including Amanda Berry and her daughter, along with Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight. He has been charged with rape and kidnapping and he is currently in jail on an $8 million bond.
He will face three counts of rape and four counts of kidnapping of the women who disappeared between 2002 and 2004. He is also being charged for kidnapping Berry's 6-year-old daughter, who happens to be his daughter.
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