On a related note, it looks more and more like kids are taking proactive measures and fighting back. Three kids in two recent school shootings, two of whom lost their lives, undoubtedly saved countless others by charging the attacker and taking them to the ground. That's a new development, if we're to call two data points a trend. I remember Vitus and Ken going round and round about this, that we can't expect kids to confront a shooter absent specific training for such scenarios. From what I've read, these young people had a help-at-any-cost mindset, and stepped up when the situation called for it.
Heroes.
The two shootings were separated by seven days and more than 1,500 miles, but the details seemed eerily familiar: When a gunman charged into a classroom, a student went barreling toward him, preventing more bloodshed while sacrificing his life.
At the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, it was Riley Howell, 21. At the STEM School in Highlands Ranch, Colo., it was Kendrick Castillo, 18 (edit: and reportedly 3 others) The two young men were hailed as heroes for assuming the unimaginable role of emergency responder to a school shooting.
Their actions, credited by the authorities with saving the lives of classmates, suggest that some members of America’s mass-shooting generation have learned to act — by instinct or intention — as professionals would in the face of deadly tragedy...
Mr. Bialy, the STEM School senior, described the takedown of the gunman as an effort among Mr. Castillo, himself and a third boy he declined to name, citing the boy’s wishes. Mr. Castillo was closest to the shooting suspect, about a foot away, when the suspect walked into their English class.
Once Mr. Castillo got up, so did Mr. Bialy and the other boy. They slammed the gunman against the wall. He fired his pistol once or twice in the skirmish, hitting Mr. Castillo. Students tried to tend to him, but he was unresponsive, Mr. Bialy said.
The devil made me do it the first time, second time I done it on my own - W
Heroes.
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‘Fight if You Must’: Students Take a Front-Line Role in School Shootings The two shootings were separated by seven days and more than 1,500 miles, but the details seemed eerily familiar: When a gunman charged into a classroom, a student went barreling toward him, preventing more bloodshed while sacrificing his life.
At the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, it was Riley Howell, 21. At the STEM School in Highlands Ranch, Colo., it was Kendrick Castillo, 18 (edit: and reportedly 3 others) The two young men were hailed as heroes for assuming the unimaginable role of emergency responder to a school shooting.
Their actions, credited by the authorities with saving the lives of classmates, suggest that some members of America’s mass-shooting generation have learned to act — by instinct or intention — as professionals would in the face of deadly tragedy...
Mr. Bialy, the STEM School senior, described the takedown of the gunman as an effort among Mr. Castillo, himself and a third boy he declined to name, citing the boy’s wishes. Mr. Castillo was closest to the shooting suspect, about a foot away, when the suspect walked into their English class.
Once Mr. Castillo got up, so did Mr. Bialy and the other boy. They slammed the gunman against the wall. He fired his pistol once or twice in the skirmish, hitting Mr. Castillo. Students tried to tend to him, but he was unresponsive, Mr. Bialy said.
The devil made me do it the first time, second time I done it on my own - W