[Luke Skyfreeper]

I really don't understand this trend in this country to hail people as heroes for doing the job they were hired to do. Yes, this woman did a very good job and did save many lives, but that is why she was hired.

SHE WAS NOT "HIRED." SHE WAS A VOLUNTEER, A CIVILIAN MEMBER OF THE CHURCH.

[SeaHawkFan]

SHE WAS NOT "HIRED." SHE WAS A VOLUNTEER, A CIVILIAN MEMBER OF THE CHURCH.

Good thing she was a volunteer. A real cop would have missed or accidently shot someone else.

[pax_et_bonum]

[JustADumbBlonde} I really don't understand this trend in this country to hail people as heroes for doing the job they were hired to do. Yes, this woman did a very good job and did save many lives, but that is why she was hired.

[Luke Skyfreeper] SHE WAS NOT "HIRED." SHE WAS A VOLUNTEER, A CIVILIAN MEMBER OF THE CHURCH.

Thanks for pointing this out, Luke Skyfreeper, but there's another point I'd like to make.

Even if she had been hired, her act was heroic; some jobs, of their very nature, require heroism at times, and being a security guard is one of those jobs, along with many jobs in law enforcement and in the military.

Thank God for those among us who are willing to run toward the bullets, whether they're on the payroll at the time or not.