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A Heroic Teacher in Action

The Daily Mail reports on the heroic conduct of teacher Ryan Heber, who persuaded the Taft High school shooter to lay down his arms - even after Ryan Heber himself had taken a wound to the head from a shotgun pellet.

Oh, and then there's this detail:

Officials said there's usually an armed officer on campus but the person wasn't there because he was snowed in. Taft police officers arrived within 60 seconds of first reports.

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David Frum is a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast and a CNN contributor. He is the author of eight books, including most recently the e-book WHY ROMNEY LOST and his first novel Patriots, published in April 2012.

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