HERO

[kpete]

i humbly salute you...sir...


On January 8, 2011, a shooting spree in Tucson, Arizona, left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) in critical condition and claimed the lives of six others, including Arizona's Chief Federal Judge John M. Roll. A much larger tragedy could have unfolded were it not for the selfless, and sometimes self-endangering, actions of several individuals.

Col. Bill Badger (Ret.) was one of four people who disarmed and pinned accused shooter Jared Lee Loughner as he tried to reload. A bullet grazed the back of Badger's head, though he later said he didn't realize he'd been shot when he rushed in to restrain Loughner.

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