F&F: White Knights Ride While Dark Knight Rises

Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2012-07-28 20:25

Article here. Excerpt:

'Slowly we are learning more about the 12 people killed in Aurora, Colorado. For four men, we are also learning how their ultimate sacrifice saved four lives by their using their own bodies to shield their girlfriends, and in one case, a fellow airman.

Yet it seems the heroes most of the media are talking about are three who saved their girlfriends by being human shields: Jonathan Blunk, Matt McQuinn, and Alex Teves.

Someone should have told Air Force Staff Sergeant Jesse Childress to fling himself in front of a woman. It appears there is little valor in — and little to be remembered for — saving a fellow airman.
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By most accounts, Jesse Childress was an Air Force cyber-systems operator based at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora. I had to keep reading to find a reference to his protecting his fellow airman and saving his life. Most of the stories about “heroes” focused on Blunk, McQuinn, and Teves. I guess Childress’ fellow airman should have been able to take care of himself.'

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I think it should be noted that this article got a fact wrong. The service member Jesse saved was a female friend, not a male one.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Palmdale-Resident-Jesse-Childress-Aurora-Dark-Knight-163348556.html

"When the alleged shooter, James Holmes, opened fire, Childress threw himself in front of a friend, Munirih Gravelly, an act she said saved her life."

"she said"

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Submitted by Kratch on Sun, 2012-07-29 14:47