On Valentine's Day, a day built around celebrating and sharing love, one former NIU student chose to share hate and grief. By spraying dozens of bullets throughout a lecture hall filled with students, this mentally deranged lunatic left behind dozens of grieving loved ones, including those of his own family, by ultimately concluding his final, horrific act and committing suicide.
All praise should go to the various first responders who are the real-life heroes in all this mess.
We often laud athletes as:
clutch performers
with nerves of steel
and ice water running through their veins
performing well under pressure
performing well in do-or die situations
However, events like this remind us that they do what they do on the field or court in controlled games.
The policemen, firemen and medical personnel in these real-life situations have to perform their jobs in conditions like those we hear about today. When people are running away from danger, these folks have to run towards it and perform.
They should be applauded with all the energy we expend to applaud our favorite on the field heroes. They are truly the real-life heroes.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the victims.
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