Re: President Obama calls gay intern Daniel Hernandez, who helped save Giffords' life a hero

Excellent.

The improtance of the fact he is gay is qutie unfortunant though.

Way to go kid!

On Jan 13, 11:45 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> President Obama calls gay intern who helped save Giffords' life a hero
>
> by GoPride.com News Staff
>
> Tucson, Ariz. — During a memorial for the Tucson shooting victims on
> Wednesday, President Obama singled out the heroes from that day,
> including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' gay intern, Daniel Hernandez.
>
> Hernandez had only been working for Giffords for five days when the
> shooting started on Saturday.
>
> 20-year-old Hernandez was volunteering at the community event and was
> standing just feet away from Giffords when Jared Loughner opened fire
> on the congresswoman. Hernandez immediately rushed to her side and
> tried to comfort her.
>
> "We are grateful to Daniel Hernandez," President Obama said. "Daniel,
> I am sorry, you may deny it, but you are a hero, but we have decided
> you are a hero. Because you ran through the chaos to minister to your
> boss, and helped keep her alive."
>
> Hernandez, who was seated in the front row next to the President,
> stood awkwardly as the President showered praise on him. Hernandez
> smiled shyly, and then sat back down.
>
> During the memorial for the victims, Obama also recognized the other
> heroes from the day, including the woman who grabbed the magazine clip
> before Loughner could jam it back into the gun, and the men who
> tackled him until police arrived.
>
> "When I heard gunshots, my first instinct was to head towards the
> congresswoman to make sure that she was OK," Daniel Hernandez
> Hernandez told ABC's "This Week" on Sunday.
>
> "I had to lift up the congresswoman, because she was severely injured,
> and I wanted to make sure that she was able to breathe OK because
> there was so much blood," he said. "We had to grab whatever we could.
> And because we were outside of a grocery store, the employees from the
> grocery store brought out smocks that are used by the meat department
> that were clean, so that we may use them as bandages, because that was
> really the only clean cloth that we had."
>
> "The congresswoman was alert. She was able to hold my hand when I
> asked her if she could hear me," said Hernendez.
>
> Hernandez, a junior at the University of Arizona, is gay and is a
> member of the City of Tucson Commission on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and
> Transgender Issues. "She's been a great ally to the LGBT community,"
> Hernandez said of Giffords during an interview with the Dallas Voice.
>
> Giffords is a member of the House LGBT Equality Caucus and is a strong
> supporter of gay rights, including gay marriage.
>
> Six people, including a 9-year-old girl, were killed on Saturday.
>
> More:http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/15827089/presid...
>
> --
> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy

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