Sunday, October 20, 2013

Jesse Lewis, Newtown Victim, Shouted For Classmates To Run

Jesse Lewis
Jesse Lewis, a 6-year-old boy killed in the massacre in Sandy Hook Elementary School, shouted for his classmates to run while the gunman paused to reload | AP
A 6-year-old boy killed in the massacre in Sandy Hook Elementary School shouted for his classmates to run while the gunman paused to reload and was shot moments later, the boy's mother said Friday.
The boy, Jesse Lewis, had just seen his teacher shot and urged the others to flee while the gunman, Adam Lanza, put a new clip into his semi-automatic rifle.
"He yelled, 'Run!' Adam reloaded and shot him in the head," said Scarlett Lewis, who learned details of the events inside the classroom from investigators who gathered accounts from children who survived.
"When I heard he used his last few seconds on earth to try to save his friends, I was not surprised," she said. "I am so incredibly proud of him."
The boy's actions were first reported by The Hartford Courant.
Lanza shot his way into the school on Dec. 14 and killed 20 first-grade children and six women in one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history. He also killed his mother earlier in the day and committed suicide as police arrived at the school building.
A report on the Newtown shooting by investigators is due to be released soon. Investigators have not disclosed a possible motive for the massacre.
In Jesse's classroom, which was led by teacher Victoria Soto, 11 students survived, including some who ran past Lanza when he stopped to reload.
This story reminds me of the lengthy and tedious arguments we had last year with the cold-hearted and selfish gun-rights fanatics about magazine size making a difference. According to them if Adam had to change magazines fifteen times instead of five, no additional children would have escaped.
That's what I call willful blindness and obstinate, self-serving close-mindedness.
What's your opinion?

9 comments:

  1. And yet, he reloaded and kept shooting. All that did was make it a luck of the draw as to who got shot. Magazine size isn't important for an attacker going up against unarmed victims.

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    1. How many could he kill if he had no gun?

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    2. Check the number that Timothy McVeigh killed and get back to me.

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    3. How many bombs are the cause of mass murder compared to guns? See stats posted earlier. Guns are the overwhelming weapon of choice.

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    4. Greg, kids escaped while he was changing mags. He only had to change them 5 times instead of 15, thanks to the high capacity of each one. And you, liar and cold-hearted gun lover that you are, say magazine size made no difference. I don't believe you. I don't believe that you believe that. You say anything you want regardless of its truth as long as it supports the fanatical gun-rights agenda.

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    5. Mikeb, you don't believe me because facts don't matter to you. Rights also don't matter to you. The only discernable point of importance to you is how you feel about a subject.

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  2. Jesse McCord Lewis is indeed a hero! He has a touch of Native American ancestry and he is like a man on a horse, he is a warrior of Sandy Hook! Lewis is a guardian angel of Cherokee origin, the largest Native American country in the United States.
    Here is ancestry:
    Cherokee Chief
    Morning DOVE
    Theodocia BLAKE
    Joseph SANDERS
    Simeon SANDERS
    Anderson SANDERS
    Naomi E SANDERS
    Herbert Anderson Lewis
    David E. Lewis
    Scarlett Lewis
    Jesse McCord Lewis

    Even the Germans would have said, "Yes-seh Loo-vees!"

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  3. Some people would have said, "David Lewis and Scarlett Lewis forgave the gunman is a hero, Jesse McCord Lewis is also a hero saving others and they are part Irish and part Native American and whole son of a gun! That's Amazing!"

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