Heroism

This morning on the radio I heard the exchange between Officer Joel White and others immediately after Officer White had been shot.

He knew that Officer Frank Denzinger had been shot and was not responding. One can only presume he feared the worst. His actions on the radio were amazing. He was not saying "Help Me!" as much as he was warning any responding officers that they were driving into grave danger. He, Officer White, sounded like he believed that the shooter was going to come and finish him off and that he might be beyond the point of being helped. His concern was more for the other responding officers.

We have heard of the selfless response of Officer Frank Denzinger pushing a relative of the shooter to safety and putting himself at greater risk, and we now have heard the selfless response of Officer Joel White. If these two men are representative of those who protect us we are protected by very, very fine human beings indeed.