A SHOUT OUT to the heroic 61 yr old Patricia Maisch whose courage saved many lives.

[snagglepuss]

~ When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism. ~
RG Ingersoll




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Authorities are hailing as a hero a woman who stopped a rampage by a US gunman who shot about 20 people, including a congresswoman, by physically confronting him as he tried to reload his handgun.

The gunman had already fired a full clip of 31 bullets from a Glock 9mm handgun into a crowd of people who had gathered in a Tuscon shopping mall parking lot to meet Representative Gabrielle Giffords.

Advertisement: Story continues below As he tried to insert a new magazine into the weapons, 61-year-old Patricia Maisch lunged forward and grabbed it out of his hands, said Pima County sheriff Clarence Dupnik.

"This is one of the most heroic acts I've ever seen," he said in an interview with Fox News.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/how-a-61yearold-woman-stopped-more-killings-in-mall-rampage-20110110-19kcq.html








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:applause::applause::applause::applause:

[Ruby the Liberal]

1. She was 61!? And took on a 22 year old? After he shot her? WOW!!!

I think I have a new hero.

[SheilaT]

2. NEVER underestimate a middle-aged woman.

I'm 62, and I like to think I'd have gone after the shooter had I been there.

[snagglepuss]

3. How true. Wasn't it a middle-aged woman who went after that shooter

in a City Hall meeting several weeks ago? She I believed clobbered him with her handbag. A very underestimated part of the population.

[Darth_Kitten]

7. Middle aged women ROCK.

62 years old is the new kick ass. :)

[snagglepuss]

8. LOL

:thumbsup:

[Ruby the Liberal]

9. I would like to think I would, but until faced with the situation, I have no idea.

I am in my mid-40s and would probably crawl into a fetal position and play dead out of fear.

:(

We are so blessed that she stepped in.

[Odin2005]

4. WOOT!

[lunatica]

5. It's amazing. And good for her!

[WillyT]

6. BRAVO !!! - K & R !!!

:patriot:

:kick:

[kestrel91316]

10. Don't mess with us older women. We have lived out a lot of our lives and

figure we have less to lose than a young'un if we put up a fight and get hurt or killed.