Bucks County father praised for quick-thinking rescue at Hersheypark

You might call him the Hersheypark hero, but John Sampson, a father from Bucks County, says he was simply in the right place at the right time.

“I just think I’m a guy who, once again, right place, right time, saw a child in need and wanted to help,” said Sampson, of Jamison, Pennsylvania.

Over the weekend, Sampson was seen in a now-viral video jumping into action when a young boy was spotted wandering on the park’s monorail. At one point, video shows Sampson extending his arms to help the child as cheers erupted from the crowd below…

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