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06-12-07, 09:32 AM
Since there are some Salt Lake City locals on the board, I thought I'd share this. Earlier this year there was a shooting at Trolley Square Mall. A Bosnian young man went through the mall shooting people left and right. I don't recall how many killed, but it was pretty indiscriminate. Women, young people, etc.
One of the victims was a co-worker of mine. Stacey Hanson. When the shooter got to the store Stacey was, everybody was ducking for cover and hiding. But being about 6'2", there's not much place he could hide, so he ended up face to face with the killer. He tried asking the guy to stop and that these were innocent people with families. For that gesture, he got shot multiple times with a shotgun point blank. First shot to the groin and the rest to the back.
Amazingly enough he survived. Partially paralyzed. You can imagine the shock here at the office. However, the out pouring of love was equally amazing. Everybody donated vacation hours to him, there was a fund, and there was an office and community project to re-model his house to be wheel chair friendly.
Yesterday was his first day back to work. Other than the chair, he's the same guy. Not too bad for a smart ass full of buck shot.
One of the victims was a co-worker of mine. Stacey Hanson. When the shooter got to the store Stacey was, everybody was ducking for cover and hiding. But being about 6'2", there's not much place he could hide, so he ended up face to face with the killer. He tried asking the guy to stop and that these were innocent people with families. For that gesture, he got shot multiple times with a shotgun point blank. First shot to the groin and the rest to the back.
Amazingly enough he survived. Partially paralyzed. You can imagine the shock here at the office. However, the out pouring of love was equally amazing. Everybody donated vacation hours to him, there was a fund, and there was an office and community project to re-model his house to be wheel chair friendly.
Yesterday was his first day back to work. Other than the chair, he's the same guy. Not too bad for a smart ass full of buck shot.