Heroic book keeper saves school from shooter with love
buzzz worthy. . . There are heroes who fight for freedom and the principles for which they stand. Some heroes dodge bullets to keep others safe while serving in law enforcement. But of those types of heroes are doing their jobs. Some, like Antoinette Tuff, are ordinary people looking out for their fellowman. A book keeper from Georgia, Tuff is a special kind of hero. On August 20, she stopped Michael Brandon Hill, 20, from spraying bullets over a Dekalb County school with the AK 47 he held in his hands during a police stand off. It was an extraordinary feat. Although later in an interview she said she was very scared, Ms. Tuff was calm, collected and caring during the 911 call, telling the would-be shooter she loved him at one point, while negotiating his safety. With the finesse of a professional crisis negotiator, in the face of sheer terror, Tuff capitulated Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy in Georgia from becoming a would-b...