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Related: About this forum"Wendi Winters saved my life": Capital Gazette staff say their fallen colleague charged the shooter
David Fahrenthold Retweeted:Shes got four kids, shes not going to take it from anyone." Quote from son of Capital Gazette reporter Wendi Winters, who was killed in the newsroom shooting but not before charging the shooter, perhaps saving colleagues' lives
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'Wendi Winters saved my life': Capital Gazette staff say their fallen colleague charged the shooter
By Danielle Ohl
dohl@capgaznews.com
July 7, 2018 11:30 AM
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"Wendi Winters saved my life": Capital Gazette staff say their fallen colleague charged the shooter (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2018
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SunSeeker
(53,670 posts)1. Journalists like Wendi Winters have always been American heroes.
Loss of a woman like Wendi is truly tragic.
BigmanPigman
(52,266 posts)2. She is a true HERO!!!!
mountain grammy
(27,277 posts)3. What a real hero looks like
suck it trumplicans. motherfuckers...
Gothmog
(154,549 posts)4. This story bring tears to my eyes
BobTheSubgenius
(11,789 posts)5. I'm with you.
My reaction to that story was....ummm...not exactly equanimity. My second, and almost immediate reaction was.."OH, those kids! My god, those poor children."
Gothmog
(154,549 posts)6. My Mom is an American Hero