{"id":113247,"date":"2015-04-14T15:48:37","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T21:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/m-chs-grad-demby-thwarts-apparent-assault-at-cu\/"},"modified":"2015-04-14T15:48:37","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T21:48:37","slug":"m-chs-grad-demby-thwarts-apparent-assault-at-cu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/m-chs-grad-demby-thwarts-apparent-assault-at-cu\/","title":{"rendered":"M-CHS grad Demby thwarts apparent assault at CU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Max Demby waves from the door of the Chrome Mafia bus, which was the prom ride for several M-CHS couples in 2011.<\/span>Sam Green\/Cortez Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Heralded as a hero for impeding an apparent sex assault at the University of Colorado, a Cortez man says he was simply doing the right thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was never a doubt in my mind that I would do all that I could to stop the attack,\u201d said Max Demby, 22, a 2011 graduate of Montezuma-Cortez High School.<\/p>\n

Son to Karla and Brian Demby of Cortez, the senior accounting major was walking home on the Boulder campus in the early morning hours of April 4 when he witnessed a man sexually attacking a fellow student. Demby said the assailant had the woman, who was obviously in peril, pinned against a wall.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy initial reaction was that I absolutely had to do something to help,\u201d said Demby.<\/p>\n

Demby added that he was motivated to intervene because of an unwavering belief that it was the right course of action to take.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would never hesitate to help a fellow Buff,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Surprising the attacker, which police have identified as Andrew Souser, 27, Demby recalled that Souser quickly fled the scene. He then walked the victim, a complete stranger, home.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was very emotional,\u201d said Demby.<\/p>\n

According to The Denver Post, CU police Deputy Chief Ken Koch called Demby a hero.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know he would cringe at that like many of us would, but, bottom line, he interceded in an event that would have ended much worse than it did,\u201d said Koch.<\/p>\n

Souser faces felony charges of sexual assault and attempting to influence a public servant along with multiple misdemeanor charges. Boulder authorities believe the suspect could also be involved in other unsolved sexual attacks.<\/p>\n

tbaker@cortezjournal.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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