His daughter said he tried to talk the shooter down while protecting others. Chokes me up as a fellow Iowa teacher. I identify with that so much. Never met him, but I respect the hell out of him.
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Kim Reynolds can fuck herself.
“Nothing can be done, says only country where this happens regularly”
Damn, the news couldn't have put his name in the title. What a shit job. Rest easy Dan.
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
Sounds like the Perry HIgh School is about to be renamed the Marburger High School.
muricaaaaaaaa!!!!11!!1!!!!
Read the room dammit. The guy was an American as well.
This is the tragic story of an American, trying to be a hero, arguably succeeding who knows how many other people would have died, however long that guy took.
Each Second is another door to lock
He doesn't look like a hero but he is.
Real heroes never look like what you expect.
I think there was a whole fucking trilogy of movies based on a trilogy of books based on the authors experiences in World War I about how heroes are who you wouldn't expect.
2020 - S05E14 - The Brave Die Never
The Iowa high school principal who was shot and wounded while trying to protect his students during a school shooting earlier this month has died from his injuries, according to the school district. Perry High School Principal Dan Marburger was among seven people injured in the Jan. 4 shooting. One student, 11-year-old sixth grader Ahmir Jolliff, was killed, authorities said. The suspected shooter – a student at the high school – died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said. - TV-MA, 66 mins
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