“We have every right to dream heroic dreams. Those who say that we're
in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look.”
If you have not heard about it, there was a shooting
yesterday in Colorado less than 3 miles from Columbine High School.(Click
Here) for the story and thankfully nobody was killed as a deranged man
opened fire at a middle school.As you
will read, if not for the quick, heroic reactions of a few teachers who put
their own life on the line, this could have been much worse.
We live in a world with some crazy people who cannot handle
their problems and/or have mental illness.We always hope they do not harm innocent people and it looks like both
shooting victims from yesterday will survive.The school did have a security officer but he was not in the area at the
time as he has other schools he must cover.The reality is that many schools need a school resource officer (SRO)
with the increased violence, bullying and drug use occurring across the
nation.Unfortunately, this is one of
the position that town’s like mine in Pelham, New Hampshire that eliminate or
vote this position out to try to trim the budget.
David Benke was the first teacher to pounce on the gunman
and thanks to him, tragedy was averted.Yesterday I wrote about the passing of a football player and how we lost
a great inspiration to kids.Mosi Tatupu
has left a legacy and touched so many and although he is no longer with us,
teachers like David Benke and others are.Ronald Reagan gave us our opening quote and I agree, there are heroes
among us every day, thankfully.
