GA - Shots fired at Decatur elementary school, 20 Aug 2013

[O'Really]

After listening to Antoinette Tuff speak to the shooter and to the 911 operator: What a human.
Steel in her spine, warmth in her heart, and the gift of gab.
She is amazing. She is truly a hero. I hope that the most difficult days of her life are behind her, and her future is joyful and peaceful.

 

[Mira]

Seriously? This is one of the biggest stories of the year, or should be. A school clerk single-handedly talked down a violent, deranged, would-be mass murderer thus saving countless children, employee and officer lives, using incredible grace and calm and wisdom. Yet it merits almost no replies on Websleuths?

Even though the full 911 tape in which you can hear her entire incredible act of bravery and heroism unfold, is available?

How did I know that the story of the teens in OK who killed a white man for fun would be a top story instead? I had a feeling but I had no idea that the Georgia hero story would be buried down so deep, even behind historical cases.

This makes me so sad and tells me some things I don't want to know about how we think as a nation. Newtown averted by one, phenomenal lady and.....nothing.

I agree, I was in hospital, and saw this on tv. (I don't watch tv at home) I couldn't wait to see what ws had to say, and had to do a search to find anything at all. the lady absolutely bowled me over with her love and empathy. looking forward to seeing her visit the white house and get some sort of reward for her real life heroism