⁍ Bridger Walker, 6, from Wyoming, has gained social media recognition after being praised by Anne Hathaway for saving his sister from a dog attack.
⁍ Bridger jumped into action when a 1-year-old old German shepherd mix charged toward his 4-year-old sister.
⁍ While shielding his sister he was brutally attacked by the dog.
⁍ Bridger underwent a two-hour surgery that required more than 90 stitches.

– “I can only hope I’m half as brave in my life as you are in yours,” Anne Hathaway writes in an Instagram post praising a 6-year-old Wyoming boy who saved his sister from a dog attack. ” Wishing you an easeful recovery, and many cool looking rocks,” Hathaway continues. “Hey @markruffalo, do you need a teammate?” Mark Ruffalo, Tom Holland, Hugh Jackman, Zachary Levi, the Russo brothers, and Robbie Amell have also reached out to Bridger Walker and his family, the boy’s family tells CNN. On July 9, Bridger was playing with his 4-year-old sister when a 1-year-old German shepherd mix charged at her and attacked her. Bridger tried to protect his sister but was “brutally attacked by the dog,” his family says in a statement. “Tragically, instead of running off, the dog leaped and latched onto Bridger’s cheek.” Bridger needed two hours of surgery and 90 stitches, and when his father asked him why he jumped in between his sister and the dog, he said, “If someone had to die, I thought it should be me,” according to the family statement. “May we follow Bridger’s example, approach the world

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/business/bunkers-new-zealand-intl-hnk/index.html