Two Heroes in Seattle Shooting

Out of  the horror of suffering and carnage come two instances of pure and noble heroism:

When people were being murdered in the coffee shop in Seattle, two people rose up and took action. An employee called 911 after being shot and a customer, being unarmed, made weapons out of barstools, thus buying time for others to leave the store.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/06/01/police-laud-hero-in-seattle-shootings/?test=latestnews

"The man had been banned from the artsy Seattle cafe for acting out, but he showed up anyway and tried to place an order. After the barista declined to serve him, he stood up, took out a gun and began shooting as people scrambled for cover.

One man tried to stop him.

Grabbing the only weapons at hand — bar stools — he tossed them at the gunman, even as the man aimed at him, Assistant Police Chief Jim Pugel said Thursday after reviewing surveillance video of the massacre. The tactic created enough of a delay in the shooting that two or three other customers managed to escape.

"My brother died in the World Trade Center," the man, identified as Lawrence Adams, later told police. After his brother's death, he said, he resolved that if something like this ever happened, "I would never hide under a table."

Reached by FoxNews.com, Adams said the real hero was Leonard Meuse, a barista who called 911 after being shot.

"I don't want to talk about it," said Adams, whose brother was an employee at the Windows on the World restaurant. "It's too close. All of my friends are dead. The real hero is Leonard Meuse."

Adams told The Seattle Times that his brother, an employee at the Windows on the World restaurant, had been killed in the World Trade Center attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Meuse, the only shooting victim who survived, was upgraded from critical to serious condition at Harborview Medical Center. Lawrence Adams told The Times that cafe employee Meuse was the real hero, phoning for help despite his gunshot wounds.

"He had the presence of mind as the captain of the ship to do his job," Adams said. "He just kept doing his job.' "

I rarely come across instances such as those which were performed by these two brave individuals; one who, despite being in what had to be unimaginable pain and shock, nevertheless pulled himself together to call for help, and another who, faced with death, fought back with the only tools available to him. 

We need more people to think like they did. The only way to do so is to mentally prepare oneself ahead of time

Adams also displayed a true humility and gave most of the credit to the employee, Meuse.

My wishes for a speedy recovery for Meuse.

God bless both of them.