Hero Chris Mintz Shot as he Faced Oregon Community College Shooter
By: Jessica Durando and Mary Bowerman
As students at an Oregon community college were being shot at on October 1, 2015, Chris Mintz, an army veteran, saved his students from being injured. Chris heard shots in a neighboring classroom. He encouraged his classmates to stay calm as he went up to the shooter to try and talk him out of shooting. Mintz saved many more lives from being taken that day, however while trying to talk to the gunman he was shot seven times. Mintz is expected to live, but faces a long recovery as he broke both of his legs. Officials have tried to not use the shooter's name in order to not give him infamy. However, the name that has gone viral is Chris Mintz - the hero of this tragedy.
When I heard of this shooting I was deeply saddened. I can't believe that these shooting keep happening. It seems that there is nothing that we can do to stop them, however after this shooting I realized there is something that we as a society can do...stop focusing on the gunman and focus on the heroic acts that come out of these horrendous situations. I have seen many tweets about Chris Mintz, and I have not seen any tweets focusing on the gunman. It is clear that we, as America need to take action against gun violence, but that will be a slow process. In the meantime, let's focus on society's everyday heroes.
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