In the midst of tragedy comes heroes.  Real, flesh and blood people, who put other’s lives before their own.  One such example is a young man who used his own body to shield his girlfriend from the shooting in Colorado at the Dark Knight Rises midnight showing.

You can read the story here: http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/21/12875584-shooting-survivor-boyfriend-took-a-bullet-for-me?lite

It is stories like these that need to be shared!  They make you want to cry and applaud all at the same time.  My thanks go out to this young man.