Gabrielle Giffords shooting victim also witnessed Kent State shootings

[kpete]

Source: Arizona Central

Gabrielle Giffords shooting victim also witnessed Kent State shootings
But this time, bullet from attacker's gun hit him in the foot

Randy Gardner was settling into a chair, chatting with an elderly woman also waiting to meet U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords last Saturday, when the sound of gunshots collapsed his world into a blur of gray figures and ricocheting screams.

It was only much later, as he lay on the ground with a bullet wound in the right foot that his mind hurtled back: May 4, 1970. Kent State University.

"Here I am again," he thought, "dodging bullets."

As a sophomore at Kent State, Gardner had joined a group of students protesting the Vietnam War, when members of the Ohio National Guard suddenly opened fire. He sprinted toward a field and "hit the ground" to avoid the bullets. Later, he discovered four of his classmates were killed, including a girl from his English class.





Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/01/15/20110115gabrielle-giffords-shooting-victim-kent-state-shootings-randy-gardner.html#ixzz1B83WbTsf

[xchrom]

1. wow. nt

[Judi Lynn]

2. Progressives pay a price for their beliefs. What a shame. n/t

[OrangeGrapes]

8. In a related issue...

Have you seen Palin's Facebook page? There are a few exquisite snippets of what and how her 'fans' think of what they consider enemies.

[niyad]

3. wow, indeed.

[madmax]

4. What are the chances?

This poor guy.

[liberal N proud]

5. Sounds like a scene from Forest Gump

The guy who happened to be everywhere history is made.

What are the chances? Incredible.

[whistler162]

6. Interesting but the story title is lousy.....

as far as I know the Congresswoman didn't do the shooting as the story title implies

[greiner3]

7. I hope history does not repeat itself;

In this instance. The mass murderer Jim Rhodes got off scot free.

[unblock]

9. beyond getting off the hook, he was re-elected -- twice!