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Not taking away from his bravery - but I wonder if Mr. Santana knew the guy was armed? Probably. But the bravest thing I ever saw was an NCO - Corporal B - tackling an armed Marine - PFC Z - who had . . .
a) shot up the front gate and sentry booth - avoiding a homicide charge only because the bulletproof glass worked well against buckshot - then
b) held a pistol to his head an said he was going to kill himself.
Corporal B arrived with the second reaction team (I was on the first reaction time behind a big rock keeping my ass down) after A) and before B). Had no idea that A) happened (the lengthy tale of that night is a case study in how f*cked up things can get in a hurry).
Corporal B gets in close sweet talked PFC Z then tackled him. BANG goes the last round out of his pistol, killing a window.
Corporal B thought that the entire thing was an excercise. He was mighty shaken to hear and see the gun discharge and a round fly by his ear. Bravery caused by failure to appreciate the situation?
American bad-ass
http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/…
A customer at a city grocery tackled an armed robber and beat him with a can of applesauce when he refused to drop his gun, police said.
Not taking away from his bravery - but I wonder if Mr. Santana knew the guy was armed? Probably. But the bravest thing I ever saw was an NCO - Corporal B - tackling an armed Marine - PFC Z - who had . . .
a) shot up the front gate and sentry booth - avoiding a homicide charge only because the bulletproof glass worked well against buckshot - then
b) held a pistol to his head an said he was going to kill himself.
Corporal B arrived with the second reaction team (I was on the first reaction time behind a big rock keeping my ass down) after A) and before B). Had no idea that A) happened (the lengthy tale of that night is a case study in how f*cked up things can get in a hurry).
Corporal B gets in close sweet talked PFC Z then tackled him. BANG goes the last round out of his pistol, killing a window.
Corporal B thought that the entire thing was an excercise. He was mighty shaken to hear and see the gun discharge and a round fly by his ear. Bravery caused by failure to appreciate the situation?
