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Movie Inspires Young Hero
BURLINGTON CITY, NJ-May 4, 2004 — A scene from the movie, "The Pirates of the Caribbean" and a plastic play picnic table inspired a local youngster to save a friend's life.



_VIDEO: Monica Malpass reports

Ronnie Grant (left) / Nick Ridolfi (right)
Monday night, 11-year-old Nick Ridolfi received a special honor at his school, Saint Paul's in Burlington City, for saving the live of Ronnie Grant. Ronnie was swinging from a knotted rope on Nick's backyard swing set when the rope got caught around Ronnie's neck.

Ronnie Grant/accident victim: "I thought I was going to die."
That's when Nick recalled this scene in "The Pirates of the Caribbean" movie in which something is used to keep Johnnie Depp's character from hanging. Nick found a play picnic table nearby.

Nick Ridolfi/11-year-old: "I got the table, pulled it over there. Picked him up and put him on the table and tried to untangle it."
Nick's mother, by the way, cut down the rope immediately after the near tragedy.

(Copyright 2004 by WPVI-TV 6. All rights reserved.)

OMG, johnny insired a kid to save someone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love him even more (if that is ever possible )!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wooow!!!! thats woooow!! yay!!!

yea I saw that like a month or two ago...I'm like spaz spaz spaz and the swing set the kid almost died on had a sign on it that said pirates cove I'm like heart...I want to date that kid...

I LUV JOHNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! drool

aaaawwwww........this proves something once and for all......

JOHNNY DEPP RULES!!!!!!!

yes thats exactly what it proves...exactly

JOHNNY DEPP IS MORE THAN JUST RULZ!!!!!!!!!!! Thats just so.....*faint*

*Cough*

Shud up U

mee to i love johnny too!! *makes sure hubby orlando's not listening*

LOL *c's hubby orlando cryin in cornor* Er...I don't think he herd u

I'm sorry I love Johnny Depp too, but I have to say this: it was really Orlando's character that saved Johnny's character in the movie, and makes Orlando's character the one that inspired the saving. Though, really it's whoever wrote the script to POTC. The whole movie was great and the kid watched it and did something from it to save a friend's life. That's good enough for me.

wow...thats true!!! never thought of that...mabye i should think more?

me 2

me 3

wow we had a chain reaction going on!!!!

EEEK

YEaa

EEEK Ugly person above me
*hides*

Arggh where?

Wat?

huh???

Where????

Wats happening? im confused

*points to name tag that says name: Confused* join the club....wait don't we already have a club???

Hmmm...Dunno :blink Uh......dots

I think we do...right?

get on topic!

That is nice how the movie had a positive influence. I WOULD HOPE IT WOULD'VE ANYWAYS!

Samo

Wat does the tipic mean? PoTC saves the day?