ran toward the sound of the shooting guns<\/a>. <\/p>\nHe told ABC’s “This Week” Anchor Christiane Amanpour: “When I heard the gunshots, my first instinct was to head toward the congresswoman to make sure that she was okay. Once I saw that she was down, and there were more than one victim, I went ahead and started doing the limited triage that I could with what I had.”<\/i><\/p>\n
He held up Giffords’ head so she wouldn’t choke on her own blood, and then used grocery smocks to bandage up the other wounded. <\/p>\n
Heroic and commendable actions in a time of great fear and uncertainty. Hernandez ran toward firing bullets to save those around him. <\/p>\n
Hernandez’ actions teach us that any of may be called on to act heroically. Even in a routine Congressional appearance at a grocery store. <\/p>\n
Giffords and others may owe their lives to Hernandez’ actions yesterday. <\/p>\n
Are you ready to run toward the sound of danger and into the bullets if that is what is necessary?<\/p>\n
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