Jan. 8 Hero Bill Badger Has Died
Source: Arizona Public Media
Bill Badger, who helped tackle Jared Loughner putting an end to the January 8, 2011
shooting, died Wednesday at the age of 78.
"Bill was in his 70s at the time [of the shooting], and Jared Loughner was a strong
22 year old who had a gun and was attempting to reload," said shooting survivor
and Badger's friend Pam Simon. "Had he been able to reload, he had three more
magazines, he would have been able to kill many more people had it not been for Bills heroism.
Simon said Badger had been in declining health in recent months.
Badger, a retired Army colonel was 74 on that Saturday morning when six people died.
He and former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords were among those shot.
Read more: https://www.azpm.org/p/crawler-stories/2015/3/11/58733-jan-8-hero-bill-badger-has-died/
sorry to hear that.
thanks for being a real hero, Col. Badger.
74 and unarmed and still able to bring down a paranoid, gun humping asshole
kairos12
(12,891 posts)atreides1
(16,100 posts)Rest in Peace Colonel.
raging moderate
(4,314 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)stopped a bad situation from getting worse. I would hope that I could be as brave as he.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)mimi85
(1,805 posts)Gabby lately. Hope she's doing well.
Not only was Badger a hero, I consider her husband one as well.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)bearssoapbox
(1,408 posts)Sir.
But also.
Skittles
(153,254 posts)beveeheart
(1,373 posts)Ptah
(33,048 posts)Jan. 8 Hero Bill Badger Passes Away
Bill Badger, who was one of the crowd members who helped subdue the crazed
gunman who opened fire at Gabby Giffords' Congress on Your Corner event on
Jan. 8, 2011, has passed away.
Giffords released this statement:
man and a proud Army veteran, he was a hero. On January 8, 2011, Bill was wounded
in the head by a bullet from the gun of my would-be assassin. Not even pausing to
realize he had been injured, Bill ran towards the shooter and towards danger so that
he could help subdue him until the authorities arrived. I believe that Bill helped save
lives that morning. And I will always be grateful to him for his selfless, brave actions.
My heart, thoughts, and prayers are with Bills loved ones as they mourn the
loss of a great man.
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2015/03/11/jan-8-hero-bill-badger-passes-away
Lunabell
(6,132 posts)Thank you.
madokie
(51,076 posts)thank you Bill. RIP you deserve too
Cha
(297,888 posts)mahalo Ptah
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,695 posts)Corey_Baker08
(2,157 posts)A good guy without a gun. The NRA must have despised him. The rest of us bow our heads at his courage and cool thinking in a horrific moment. Thank you, sir...
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)...the impact you made on the world guarantees both a legacy your descendants will be proud of, and really positive Karma that will follow you to the next plane of existence.
Rest easy Col. Badger