@Lash,
It's hard to say what would have happened, a deputy, someone supposedly trained to deal with a situation like that failed to act.
It reminds me of the bravado spouted by kids about how they'd do this that and the other if they were in a similar situation. The truth is none of us know what we'd do until we're there. Most people freeze, that's the normal gut reaction, there's no time to work yourself up into the right frame of mind because all of a sudden you're slap bang in the middle of things.
The shooter has had time to prepare himself, he's not been thrown into it, he's planned it, he's caused it. Truth is the real bravery was shown by unarmed children, not armed adults.
Quote:A junior cadet who died helping other students escape a Florida school shooting has been posthumously accepted into a prestigious US military school.
Peter Wang, 15, one of 17 killed in the 14 February attack, was admitted to the class of 2025 at his dream school, West Point Academy.
He was a member of the US Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC), a school programme for potential US military officers.
His funeral took place on Tuesday.
The school will confer a letter of admission and honorarium tokens to his family, local West Point alumnus Chad Maxey told the Sun Sentinel newspaper.
Florida Governor Rick Scott also reportedly directed the state's National Guard to honour Peter and two other members of the JROTC at their funerals.
The US Army bestowed the Medal of Heroism on three students who were killed, including Peter, according to US media.
The Cadet Command also approved Junior ROTC Heroism Medals for 14-year-old cadets Alaina Petty and Martin Duque, an army spokesman told US media.
Peter was in uniform when he was fatally shot while holding the door for others fleeing a gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, witnesses say.
The recognition comes after an online petition called for him to be laid to rest with military honours, saying he "deserves" to be buried as a hero, because "his selfless and heroic actions have led to the survival of dozens in the area".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43132215
