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Elderly vet saves 16 children from knife attack(IL)
pekintimes.com ^
| 10/15/15
| Michael Smothers
Posted on 10/16/2015 4:51:02 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra
Sixteen children and a handful of their mothers found the only door to their library room blocked by a man who held hunting knives in each hand as he screamed, Im going to kill some people!
Dustin Brown, 19, specifically wanted to kill children Tuesday at Morton Public Library, he said after the would-be victims escaped safely.
Had he brought a firearm instead, It wouldve been a different story, James Vernon said Thursday.
Blood was shed, but mostly Vernons, because the retired chess club teacher kept his cool, gave his class an avenue of flight and remembered the knife-fight training the Army gave him five decades ago.
Vernon, 75, won his 90 seconds of combat with Brown, but I felt like I lost the war, he chuckled. He cut two arteries and a tendon on Vernons left hand as Vernon blocked Browns knife swipe.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: armedcitizen; hero; il; knife; knifeattack; vet
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Hero 75 year old vet saves kids.
To: TangoLimaSierra
The perp
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posted on
10/16/2015 4:53:57 AM PDT
by
TangoLimaSierra
(To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
To: TangoLimaSierra
Too bad the perp wasn’t killed.
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posted on
10/16/2015 4:54:06 AM PDT
by
petercooper
(And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus... Rollin' down Highway 41.)
To: TangoLimaSierra
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posted on
10/16/2015 4:54:37 AM PDT
by
exnavy
(good gun control: two hands, one shot, one kill.)
To: TangoLimaSierra
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posted on
10/16/2015 4:56:46 AM PDT
by
Gefn
(Our next President needs a First Cat in the White House.)
To: TangoLimaSierra
IF you read the whole article you learn that the 19 year old attacker had child porn charges pending against him at the time of this attack.
To: exnavy
Wonderful hero. Anyone know where this happened?
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posted on
10/16/2015 4:58:36 AM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(The Democrat debate was audtiton to see who would wear the American jackboot. Ted Cruz)
To: TangoLimaSierra
‘his life sucks’ - what her told Mr. Vernon.
With the child porno charges against him, I wonder if he is a homosexual. Sure sounds all mixed up to me.
Thank God Mr. Vernon had some training from his earlier years in the military.
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posted on
10/16/2015 4:59:45 AM PDT
by
Gumdrop
To: exnavy
The Greatest Generation strikes again! Too bad he wasn’t permitted to carry in that “gun free zone” library.
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posted on
10/16/2015 4:59:53 AM PDT
by
jdsteel
(Give me freedom, not more government.)
To: petercooper
Too bad the perp wasnt killed.
It’s not too late.
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posted on
10/16/2015 5:00:23 AM PDT
by
samtheman
(2014: Voters elect Repubs to congress... 2015: Repubs defund NOTHING... 2016: Trump/(Cruz or Palin))
To: TangoLimaSierra
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posted on
10/16/2015 5:04:01 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: The_Media_never_lie
Morton, ILL
Close to Perioa
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
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posted on
10/16/2015 5:04:37 AM PDT
by
alfa6
To: TangoLimaSierra
To: TangoLimaSierra
The Hero
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posted on
10/16/2015 5:13:00 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: TangoLimaSierra
To: TangoLimaSierra
It’s funny, you only hear of veterans and military people challenging these monsters and terrorists. I’ve never seen a single article where the hero was someone without prior military experience.
James Vernon, you have my respect and I salute you.
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posted on
10/16/2015 5:18:31 AM PDT
by
BuffaloJack
(Political Correctness is Suppression of Free Speech. Thank the Commies for Political Correctness.)
To: TangoLimaSierra
In IL public libraries are “gun free”.
L
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posted on
10/16/2015 5:22:57 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: The_Media_never_lie
It mentions Morton Public Library. Morton, Illinois is down southeast of Peoria.
To: nuconvert
God bless him and keep him!
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posted on
10/16/2015 5:27:23 AM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
To: TangoLimaSierra
You ever notice how these skeevy el pervos aren’t usually the Rock Hudson or Tab Hunter type?
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posted on
10/16/2015 5:28:32 AM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
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