Let's talk about a REAL hero

[gabosaurus]

A man armed with a thousand rounds of ammunition and planning a massacre at the University of Central Florida is foiled by his roommate, who calls 911 despite being threatened with death.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/community/ucf/os-ucf-death-james-seevakumaran-20130319,0,5031466.story

[jimnyc]

I hope when he shot himself that he suffered for quite awhile.

[avatar4321]

As opposed to fake ones? We have been alking about fake heroes?

[Robert A Whit]

Do you Jim?

Do you really hope he suffered for a long time? I understand he killed himself and had not harmed others. Correct or not?

I have not read up on this event but saw like a one liner on it.

As to hero's?

I must read the article.

I know of no fake heroes. One is either one or not.

[jimnyc]

Do you Jim?

Do you really hope he suffered for a long time? I understand he killed himself and had not harmed others. Correct or not?

I have not read up on this event but saw like a one liner on it.

As to hero's?

I must read the article.

I know of no fake heroes. One is either one or not.

Yes. He was going to kill, I'm glad he chose the right target.

[Kathianne]

A man armed with a thousand rounds of ammunition and planning a massacre at the University of Central Florida is foiled by his roommate, who calls 911 despite being threatened with death.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/community/ucf/os-ucf-death-james-seevakumaran-20130319,0,5031466.story

I'm pretty sure the 911 call was a result of having a gun pointed at him. Still it was a good thing to do.

[Robert A Whit]

http://www.debatepolicy.com/images/debate_policy/misc/quote_icon.png Originally Posted by gabosaurus http://www.debatepolicy.com/images/debate_policy/buttons/viewpost-right.png (http://www.debatepolicy.com/showthread.php?p=625400#post625400)
A man armed with a thousand rounds of ammunition and planning a massacre at the University of Central Florida is foiled by his roommate, who calls 911 despite being threatened with death.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/commu...,5031466.story (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/community/ucf/os-ucf-death-james-seevakumaran-20130319,0,5031466.story)


I'm pretty sure the 911 call was a result of having a gun pointed at him. Still it was a good thing to do.

I missed the part where he said he planned to do a mass killing. I could not read all his note said.
Even the paper said something about give them hell and yank the alarm.

Suppose he simply planned to kill himself and by pulling the alarm call attention to himself?

Suppose he was simply getting ready to shoot himself when the door opened and he happened to have the gun pointed that way?

Why this idea?

First, he did not shoot at the guy. He did not shoot at the door. He did shoot, but at his own head. That sounds like suicide to me.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

A real hero...

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/19/17373473-malala-yousafzai-pakistani-teen-shot-by-taliban-back-at-school-in-uk?lite






The Pakistani schoolgirl, Malala Yousufzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban for fighting for the right of girls to be educated, spoke of her pride today and said being back in school was her "happiest moment." ITV's Rupert Evelyn reports.
By Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News
The Pakistani teen marked for death because she campaigned for girls' education went back to school Tuesday for the first time since a Taliban gunman shot her in the head five months ago, a family spokesperson said.
Malala Yousafzai is attending classes in Birmingham, England, and not her homeland, where the Taliban had vowed to make another attempt on her life.
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Still, it was a sweet victory for a 15-year-old who endured multiple surgeries to reconstruct her skull and restore her hearing after she was shot on her way home from school Oct. 9.
"It’s what I dreamed," she said in a video released by the public relations firm that works with her family.
"I dream for all the children that they should go to their school because it’s their right…their basic right.”