In Opinion: In a world boiling over with bad news, you can find it increasingly hard to pause and seriously ponder the value of giving thanks, even on the holiday created for that solemn purpose. Yet, even in darkest times, we still have homegrown heroes.
Richard Fierro at his hime in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Nov. 21, 2022. Fierro, who served as an Army officer in Iraq and Afghanistan, moved through the chaos of the shooting this weekend, tackling the gunman and beating him bloody with his own gun.
“Some dude,” indeed. That was Richard Fierro, 45, the retired Army major who helped save lives at Saturday’s mass shooting at Club Q, an LGBTQ bar in Colorado Springs, where he tackled the gunman who killed five people and injured at least 18 others.In the club for a family outing, Fierro was credited by police with grabbing the gunman, tackling him as his AR-15-style rifle fell to the floor.
After four combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, Fierro shied away from the H-word, a reluctance that, whether he likes it or not, only makes him sound more heroic. I feel thankful about Fierro and everyone else involved in saving lives that night in Colorado Springs for giving me something to feel thankful about, even if it is only to remember that something bad has happened that could have been so much worse.
Debbie Bigler, 66, from left, Colleen Minisce, 61, and Janis Kramer, 75, all members of the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies, prepare to march in the Veterans Day parade in Milwaukee on Nov. 5, 2022. Kramer, right, has been a Dancing Granny for about 19 years. Bigler and Minisce are among a crop of newer members who are helping the Grannies rebuild.
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