Antoinette Tuff, the face of Love...a true Hero

Antoinette Tuff is the face of a Hero....the face of Love!  A teachable moment of compassion for the world was displayed at an elementary school in Atlanta on this past Tuesday afternoon.  Just imagine if everyone adopted the compassion, love and genuine humility of this caring soul.  I watched an incident unfold on Tuesday when a television broadcast was interrupted to carry the 'live' feed of the moment-by-moment updates of an Atlanta elementary school, with over 800 students and staff, in danger due to a 20-year old gunman inside.  He entered the building and made threats and demands with Staff member and bookkeeper, Antoinette Tuff, who would soon be deemed a Hero when the incident comes to a close.  She was in the right place, at the right time, for what was ahead.  Every life experience she had gone through, had prepared her for this moment, when she's able to talk down this gunman.  I've sent her a couple of messages since the ordeal, reminding her of just how special she is, how proud we are of her and how much she is loved and appreciated.

Antoinette remained calm and supportive.  The young man was suffering from a mental disorder and was threatening to kill himself and police officers, and he ordered to have a local news station on-site to witness him carrying out his threat. Anyone else in Antoinette's position would have most likely crumbled under this amount of pressure, yet she became "Mother Wit" lending care with her beautiful, down to earth personality and it brought calm to what could've turned out to be a deadly ordeal.  Imagine sitting in a room with a determined gunman, unstable and packing over 500 rounds of ammunition, and an AK-47 assault rifle.

Instead of panicking, Antoinette encouraged this young man, told him she loved him and that everything was going to be alright.  I am encouraged by her beautiful display and strong Faith in God and I pray that everyone who is familiar with the story takes away a lesson from how she was able to negotiate with love, compassion and empathy for this troubled soul.  She became the lifeboat to someone who had simply lost their way....lost hope and she is the face of Love. If you're not familiar with this story, you can read more here:  http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/22/us/georgia-school-shooting-hero/index.html?sr=sharebar_twitter

Shortly before speaking with Anderson Cooper, Antoinette takes a call from President Obama: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIZyPv8sIYI

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