Posted on 07/05/2018 11:39:36 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Wendi Winters, 65, mother of four, formerly of the New York fashion industry PR world, was a community reporter for the Capital Gazette, where she chronicled the comings and goings of regular people. No glamour there: She practiced the journalism of the cafeteria, the Brownie troop, the trip to the dry cleaners. That’s no way to get on MSNBC. She had but one weapon—her body. She threw it at the man with the gun.
“I heard her shout, ‘No!’ ” a witness said. “There was anger in her voice.” Further reports confirm the scenario. She was found in the aisle, not seated as were those murdered in surprise. She made the decision not to flee, not to hide but to fight.
It was hopeless, doomed, but not futile. She might have cut a few seconds off the killing time and let others escape. Even if not, she left an example...
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
An old man makes his move from under a table in an attempt to stop the attack.
His daughter left her gun in the car...
Why post stories you can’t read?
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
Was a very nice homage to Mrs Winters.
Sometimes, with the search engine of your choice and a bit of luck, the entire article can be found.
I attempt to post an exec summary.
If we only post what is easily found, FR becomes an echo, not a choice.
Finally, the media is getting around to honoring the victims instead of bashing Trump gratuitously. RIP, brave woman.
Here’s the article without a sign-in:
https://www.investorvillage.com/smbd.asp?mb=633&mn=260140&pt=msg&mid=18439107
That will never stop another from killing. The police will never initially stop a massacre (their response was within minutes in this case). A bullet to this monster's head speaks louder and is the equalizer.
Thank you for finding a way around the paywall.
Thank Albion Wilde for the help.
Four pages, and most of the first page is blank (picture not archived).
Explanation of what's going on in the following FR post:
Study reveals misuse of archive services by fringe communities (Liberals don't like web archives)
Go to the article that you can see all of, then click on your archive.is bookmark.
It will show you if there's a cached copy.
There was for this article. 
Four pages, and most of the first page is blank (picture not archived).
Explanation of what's going on in the following FR post:
Study reveals misuse of archive services by fringe communities (Liberals don't like web archives)
Go to the article that you CAN'T see all of, then click on your archive.is bookmark.
It will show you if there's a cached copy.
There was for this article.
I'll FReep message the archive.is bookmark link if you can't figure out how to get it.
It's in html, so hard to post on a thread.
I’ll bet her last wish was to have a gun.
Nice work, and thank you for putting it all together.
The killer needs to be fried in a nice sauce.
That’s not the point.
Just give it a rest.
She stood up and fought. Doesn’t matter she didn’t have a gun, she did what was right anyway.
And yes, it’d be nice to have a gun, but as all massacres are, this is an ambush, and it will ALWAYS be too late to stop a few murders once the scum starts unless he’s really feckless. So maybe she did buy some time, as surely as EVENTUALLY someone whipping out a gun and getting a good shot would.
I sure wish Maryland still had the death penalty. It would suit this maggot just fine.
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