Indiana National Guardsman Sgt. Willie Cook was a member of National Guard unit 713. And he survived Afghanistan, but was killed near his grandmother’s East Chicago house. The hero died shielding his two-year-old son Antoine Cook from fifteen bullets.
Blogging from the brig. . .
How tragic and how noble and self-sacrificing of this brave man….k
Very true. How tragic. . .
And today, Chicago will host the Illinois Politburo meeting on gun violence w/the Chairman of the Central Committee himself leading the demigoguery. Other members in attendance will be The Rahmfather, Sen. Dick Turbin, Gov. Pat Quinocchio and ex-Boston cop & Chicago Chief of Police, Jenny McCarthy. Doubtless they will address the wildly successful Chicago strictest-in-the-nation handgun ban (comparable in its success only with The District of Columbia’s), while endlessly photo-oping with survivors like Snooki at an all-you-can-eat kegger. After they leave, the ambulance races will continue as before.
“That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.”
I like your attitude, Struan…thank you…k
It is the measure of the man who would act in such a way, a noble act of sacrifice.
Now to the search in hand; leave no stone unturned and bring those responsible to justice .
Yours Aye.
Typical Chicago…I’m sure glad they have those tough gun laws.
I’m trying to see anything good in this tragedy, but the best I can come up with is a hope that the intended target isn’t some criminal low life but a decent man who might have a chance at survival having been warned by this, but that feels like a long shot. Thinking about it makes me more sad than I’ve been for months, which is hardly much compared to the poor, heroic man’s family.
Truly a tragedy. They say it was a case of mistaken identity. . .