Hundreds of people queue to donate blood following the mass shooting at the Route 91 music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., October 2, 2017. (REUTERS/Mike Blake)
Daily Mail: Heroes of the Vegas massacre: The fireman who was shot in the chest while giving CPR, the ex-marine who stole a truck to take victims to hospital and the copy repairman who saved 30 before being shot in the neck
* Dozens of stories of heroism have emerged amid the mass shooting in Las Vegas
* Arizona firefighter Kurt Fowler was shot in the leg shielding his wife from gunfire
* Jonathan Smith saved around thirty people before he was shot in the neck
* Mike Cronk stopped his friend from bleeding to death after he was shot 3 times
* Former Marine Taylor Winston stole a truck to take victims to the hospital
* Glendale firefighter Steve Keys was shot while performing CPR on a woman
* Sonny Melton died protecting his wife, Heather Melton, from the bullets
* Authorities say 59 people were killed and 527 were injured in the attack
* Stephen Paddock, 64, was named the gunman responsible for the massacre
Dozens of stories of heroism have emerged amid the horrifying mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday.
Authorities say that at least 59 are dead and 527 are injured after 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel.
But the number of casualties could have been much higher had it not been for the brave few that helped first responders tend to the wounded.
From a firefighter who was shot while performing CPR on a wounded woman to a man who saved his friend from bleeding to death to the ex-marine that stole a truck to transport victims to the hospital - several civilians became overnight heroes.
Sonny Melton, 29, a nurse from Tennessee, was one of the first victims named and one of the first heroes identified.
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WNU Editor: The story is always the same .... confronting pure evil is when the best of humanity always comes out.
There is another hero: this time in another country: Irina Sosikovna Melkomova. She was Russian of Armenian origin. She died a hero while saving others in the church. Now, one day after the Forgiveness Sunday, the church is going to be guarded for around the clock and 24-hour police presence around the site.
ReplyDeleteThere is another hero: Craig Harold Shotwell. He was of New Jersey Quaker origin. He was the direct descendant of Abraham Shotwell, and his last name came from the exclamation from the King of England, "Well done, Shot Well!" He was the distant cousin of the creator of the United Nations, James Thomson Shotwell. Well done, Craig. Rest in peace.
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