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We see the word "hero" abused all the time in the media. Here's a real hero:

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Police Sgt. Kimberly Munley credited with ending Fort Hood gunman Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's rampage

BY Brian Kates
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Friday, November 6th 2009, 9:16 AM
Police Sgt. Kimberly Munley is credited with ending the Fort Hood mass shooting before even more people were shot.

The hero cop who ended the bloody rampage at Fort Hood had been directing traffic moments before she confronted the gunman and pumped four bullets into him despite being shot herself.

Civilian police Sgt. Kimberly Munley and her partner responded within three minutes of reported gunfire Thursday afternoon, Lt. Gen. Bob Cone said Friday.

Munley, who had been trained in active-response tactics, rushed into the building and confronted the shooter as he was turning a corner, Cone said.

"It was an amazing and an aggressive performance by this police officer," Cone said.

Munley was only a few feet from crazed Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan when she opened fire.

Wounded in the exchange of gunfire, Munley was reported in stable condition at a local hospital.

The hero cop spent Thursday night phoning fellow officers to let them know she was fine and to find out about casualties in the attack - the deadliest ever on a military base in the U.S., Cone said.

Cone said Munley's aggressive response training taught her that "if you act aggressively to take out a shooter you will have less fatalities."

"She walked up and engaged him," he said. He praised her as "one of our most impressive young police officers."

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national...z0W5gDysM6

Just saw this on CNN. Hooray for real life heroes!!!

(11-06-2009 12:11 PM)tigerdeaconmom Wrote: [ -> ]Just saw this on CNN. Hooray for real life heroes!!!

Thankfully she was in the right place at the right time and knew how to handle the situation.

"Hero" is often misused but Sgt. Munley is absolutely a HERO!

(11-06-2009 12:20 PM)Stampeding Terp Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-06-2009 12:11 PM)tigerdeaconmom Wrote: [ -> ]Just saw this on CNN. Hooray for real life heroes!!!

Thankfully she was in the right place at the right time and knew how to handle the situation.

"Hero" is often misused but Sgt. Munley is absolutely a HERO!

Most definitely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't think that she will have any more trouble now finding a job near her husband at Fort Bragg!


"'Amazing' cop heroine who felled fiend


Took bullet, kept firing

By ANDY SOLTIS



Kimberly Munley, a civilian cop assigned to Fort Hood, was directing traffic on the sprawling Army base when shots rang out at the nearby Soldier Readiness Processing Center.With her partner, Sgt. Munley raced to the complex within three minutes. When they arrived, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan "walked out of the corner of the building" and Munley found herself only a few feet from the gunman who had just shot more than 40 people, said base commander Lt. Gen. Robert Cone. Hasan was chasing after a wounded soldier, looking like he was trying to "finish off" the GI, according to the Wall Street Journal, when Munley, 34, opened fire. The triggerman immediately turned toward her and charged, unleashing a hail of bullets. Although she was hit in the upper leg and wrist, Munley shot back, hitting Hasan four times and ending the massacre. Extra magazines, which hold 20 bullets, were stuffed in his cargo pants, the Journal reported. Military officials said her bravery saved lives. Relatives said it was no surprise that Munley -- who stands just a hair over 5 feet tall -- coolly carried off what Cone called "an amazing and aggressive performance" that saved many other lives. "There's nothing that stands in her way," her brother-in-law, Bryan Munley, told CNN. "It completely makes sense that she did what she did." Kim, the daughter of the mayor of Carolina Beach, NC, is a former active-duty soldier.She is married to Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Munley, who has done two tours of duty in Iraq and was based at Fort Hood. She's the cheerful mother of a 3-year-old daughter and wrote on her Twitter bio: "I live a good life . . . a hard one, but I go to sleep peacefully @ night knowing that I may have made a difference in someone's life." An advanced firearms instruc tor, she received training "active shooter" scenarios in the wake of the Virginia Tech shooting two years ago, Cone said. "She walked up and engaged him," he said. "If you act aggressively to take out a shooter, you will have less fatalities." Munley has been living in nearby Killeen, Texas, with her daughter, Jayden, but was trying to get a job in North Carolina because her husband had been transferred to Fort Bragg. Hours after the shooting -- as Munley called co-workers, friends and relatives from her hospital bed to assure them she was recovering -- she had become a star on social-networking sites. More than 2,000 people joined a Facebook page titled "Sgt. Kimberly Munley: A real American hero." Another Facebook group sprang up, "God bless Sgt. Kimberly Munley." andy.soltis@nypost.com




andy.soltis@nypost.com

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/am...z0WBmiQE5n

(11-07-2009 11:51 AM)TimTerpT Wrote: [ -> ]I don't think that she will have any more trouble now finding a job near her husband at Fort Bragg!


"'Amazing' cop heroine who felled fiend


Took bullet, kept firing

By ANDY SOLTIS



Kimberly Munley, a civilian cop assigned to Fort Hood, was directing traffic on the sprawling Army base when shots rang out at the nearby Soldier Readiness Processing Center.With her partner, Sgt. Munley raced to the complex within three minutes. When they arrived, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan "walked out of the corner of the building" and Munley found herself only a few feet from the gunman who had just shot more than 40 people, said base commander Lt. Gen. Robert Cone. Hasan was chasing after a wounded soldier, looking like he was trying to "finish off" the GI, according to the Wall Street Journal, when Munley, 34, opened fire. The triggerman immediately turned toward her and charged, unleashing a hail of bullets. Although she was hit in the upper leg and wrist, Munley shot back, hitting Hasan four times and ending the massacre. Extra magazines, which hold 20 bullets, were stuffed in his cargo pants, the Journal reported. Military officials said her bravery saved lives. Relatives said it was no surprise that Munley -- who stands just a hair over 5 feet tall -- coolly carried off what Cone called "an amazing and aggressive performance" that saved many other lives. "There's nothing that stands in her way," her brother-in-law, Bryan Munley, told CNN. "It completely makes sense that she did what she did." Kim, the daughter of the mayor of Carolina Beach, NC, is a former active-duty soldier.She is married to Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Munley, who has done two tours of duty in Iraq and was based at Fort Hood. She's the cheerful mother of a 3-year-old daughter and wrote on her Twitter bio: "I live a good life . . . a hard one, but I go to sleep peacefully @ night knowing that I may have made a difference in someone's life." An advanced firearms instruc tor, she received training "active shooter" scenarios in the wake of the Virginia Tech shooting two years ago, Cone said. "She walked up and engaged him," he said. "If you act aggressively to take out a shooter, you will have less fatalities." Munley has been living in nearby Killeen, Texas, with her daughter, Jayden, but was trying to get a job in North Carolina because her husband had been transferred to Fort Bragg. Hours after the shooting -- as Munley called co-workers, friends and relatives from her hospital bed to assure them she was recovering -- she had become a star on social-networking sites. More than 2,000 people joined a Facebook page titled "Sgt. Kimberly Munley: A real American hero." Another Facebook group sprang up, "God bless Sgt. Kimberly Munley." andy.soltis@nypost.com




andy.soltis@nypost.com

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/am...z0WBmiQE5n

Maybe that little town near Fort Bragg (Spring Lake) that had to fire its entire police department can hire her. They could use some positive role model police officers after the problems they had.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/us/13h...ml?_r=1&hp

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov...todd-hasan

Read Sgt. Todd's account. He put 4 bullets into the Major.

(11-12-2009 05:12 PM)Terp7475 Wrote: [ -> ]http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/us/13h...ml?_r=1&hp

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov...todd-hasan

Read Sgt. Todd's account. He put 4 bullets into the Major.

If those accounts are true then I think Sgt Todd deserves the recognition and truly deserves to be called "hero". Both he and Munley reacted quickly and decisively. God bless them both.

(11-12-2009 06:01 PM)Stampeding Terp Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-12-2009 05:12 PM)Terp7475 Wrote: [ -> ]http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/us/13h...ml?_r=1&hp

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov...todd-hasan

Read Sgt. Todd's account. He put 4 bullets into the Major.

If those accounts are true then I think Sgt Todd deserves the recognition and truly deserves to be called "hero". Both he and Munley reacted quickly and decisively. God bless them both.

I agree Stampy. They both showed real courage. In defense of the media here, Sgt. Todd wisely asked to be kept out of the story initial until it became clear that this wasn't an Al Queda plot.

(11-13-2009 08:35 PM)TimTerpT Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-12-2009 06:01 PM)Stampeding Terp Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-12-2009 05:12 PM)Terp7475 Wrote: [ -> ]http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/us/13h...ml?_r=1&hp

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov...todd-hasan

Read Sgt. Todd's account. He put 4 bullets into the Major.

If those accounts are true then I think Sgt Todd deserves the recognition and truly deserves to be called "hero". Both he and Munley reacted quickly and decisively. God bless them both.

I agree Stampy. They both showed real courage. In defense of the media here, Sgt. Todd wisely asked to be kept out of the story initial until it became clear that this wasn't an Al Queda plot.

The media are fine in this instance. Such tragic events are often confusing and it requires time to sort things out. I hope Sgt. Munley recovers quickly and I'm glad that Sgt. Todd wasn't injured. They both showed courage in a most difficult situation.