Those Who Have Sacrificed

Throughout the countless school tragedies, there are those who stepped up in order to save others. As a teacher, you do not imagine yourself in a situation as others have been faced. However, teachers, old and new, need to face the fact that tragedy can happen in order to prepare. If I am ever faced with a situation, I hope that I will have the bravery that some possessed when it was needed most. 


Dave Sanders 

During the Columbine shootings, some faculty and students stepped up to save those who needed it. In the case of Dave Sanders, the only teacher who died in the Columbine shooting, he saved many of his students. He made an effort to move those who were shoot into safety and yelling at students to find to get down, before he was shot by the shooters. He saved many of his students that day. 



Victoria Soto

There were many who died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. One of those was a teacher named Victoria Soto. In the midst of the shooting, Soto hid her students in a closet or bathroom to shield them from the shooter. She sacrificed her life that day in order to save the lives of her students. 




Liviu Librescu 

Librescu was a Holocaust survivor and a professor at Virginia Tech University. During the shooting at Virginia Tech, Librescu barricaded the door with his body allowing his students to escape by jumping out the window. Unfortunately, he was killed, but he managed to save many lives in the process.