re: #229 tradewind

Not only did von brunn take a valuable life in its prime, he could very well have had a shot go astray and kill or wound children or students visiting the Museum. The guard, Tyrone, died a hero in my opinion.

I think if von Brunn had not been stopped at the door he would have kept going, and many other lives might have been lost.

I keep thinking of Chaim Smadar, the grocery store security guard in Israel who stopped Ayat Akhras from taking her suicide belt into the store. He was Tunisian, a native Arabic speaker. When he realized what was going on, reports are that he blocked her and and told her, “You’re not going in. We will both blow up together out here.” He and a young woman coming out of the store were killed, but he saved lives, lots of them.

I hope the museum sets up some kind of permanent memorial on the site for Mr. Johns.