Про VTech.

[lodrion]

Слущаю я радио, и хочется мне надеятся что я бы поступил вот так а не вот так. А впрочем вспоминается:
"Барраярская аристократия все еще оставалась кастой военных. Смертельное оружие, обнаженное в присутствии императора, заставило сработать глубинный рефлекс. Два или три десятка человек рванулись со своих мест

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[bloguser]

Some compare this reaction to that of passengers on flight 93 (don't know if that's what you meant in your first link, because it's broken). I think the situation is rather different. On the plane, there was no option to escape or barricade and hope that the shooter will move on. The outcome was obvious, the only power that the passengers had was to decide when/where the crash would happen. (I by no means mean to diminish those actions. It still took considerable courage to take action.)

Of course in the VTech case, the "logical/right" thing to do would be to rush the gunman and prevent more deaths. But "logical" isn't necessarily the first response in a situation like this, self preservation is. This is why martial arts stress repetition to the point where the response becomes a reflex.

[ingwall]

No, the first link is about an old professor at VTech who shielded his students with his body and was killed.

[lodrion]

The sad irony is that the professor was a Holocaust survivor. And this happened on Yom Hashoah. And he apparently was the only one with guts to do it.

[bloguser]

+1
(Although technically, I think it was the day after Yom HaShoah)

[inostranka]

Если, не дай Б-г, надо будет принимать такие решения, то я лично тебя прошу постараться поступить как во втором случае, оставшись жить. Дальше - помогать, ловить, звать на помощь, что угодно. Но для проявления героизма ты должен хотя бы до 75и дожить ;-))