The Iowa high school principal who was shot and wounded while trying to protect his students during a school shooting earlier this month has died from his injuries, according to the school district.
Perry High School Principal Dan Marburger was among seven people injured in the Jan. 4 shooting. One student, 11-year-old sixth grader Ahmir Jolliff, was killed, authorities said.
The suspected shooter – a student at the high school – died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.
He doesn’t look like a hero but he is.
Well, yes. The heroes are generally the average people who don’t do stuff for attention. The “pretty” ones who dress themselves up and try to get media attention are generally the villains.
Real heroes never look like what you expect.
I think there was a whole fucking trilogy of movies based on a trilogy of books based on the authors experiences in World War II about how heroes are who you wouldn’t expect.
authors experiences in World War II about how heroes are who you wouldn’t expect
WWI. Our boy was busy writing while Europe was on fire during WWII. Like the Hobbit, he wrote the book (at least partially) for his son:
Tolkien abandoned The Lord of the Rings during most of 1943 and only restarted it in April 1944 as a serial for his son Christopher Tolkien, who was sent chapters as they were written while he was serving in South Africa with the Royal Air Force.
As a dad, I fuckin feel that.
Yeah, he and CS Lewis (Inklings) both wrote about WWII as it was happening, but their actual service was in WWI when they were much younger. I found it interesting that C.S. Lewis, as an Irishman, was not required to fight, but he literally volunteered.
Thanks for the catch on the wrong war.
If I recall correctly, Kurt Vonnegut attributed his writings about war to wanting to teach his children that it was the worst thing in the world.
Kim Reynolds can fuck herself.
“Nothing can be done, says only country where this happens regularly”
"his family wrote on GoFundMe. "
Is there any more to this story or is that just their choice of communication?.
My guess would be that GoFundMe is being used to fund his healthcare expenses since we apparently can’t just have that free at the point of service like the rest of the civilized world.
His daughter said he tried to talk the shooter down while protecting others. Chokes me up as a fellow Iowa teacher. I identify with that so much. Never met him, but I respect the hell out of him.
2020 - S05E14 - The Brave Die Never
The Iowa high school principal who was shot and wounded while trying to protect his students during a school shooting earlier this month has died from his injuries, according to the school district. Perry High School Principal Dan Marburger was among seven people injured in the Jan. 4 shooting. One student, 11-year-old sixth grader Ahmir Jolliff, was killed, authorities said. The suspected shooter – a student at the high school – died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said. - TV-MA, 66 mins
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fuck off
“The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men.”
– Minot Judson Savage
read a book
muricaaaaaaaa!!!11!!1!!!
Read the room dammit. The guy was an American as well.
This is the tragic story of an American, trying to be a hero, arguably succeeding who knows how many other people would have died, however long that guy took.
Each Second is another door to lock
Sounds like the Perry HIgh School is about to be renamed the Marburger High School.
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
