{"id":57681,"date":"2015-01-15T07:00:20","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T12:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=57681"},"modified":"2015-01-14T15:04:58","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T20:04:58","slug":"thursday-morning-feel-good-stories-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=57681","title":{"rendered":"Thursday morning feel good stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our first story this morning comes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.khou.com\/story\/news\/crime\/2015\/01\/12\/armed-customer-stops-restaurant-robbers-in-their-tracks\/21663699\/\">Texas<\/a> where, apparently, you can&#8217;t peacefully eat a decent meal without having to draw your firearm;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Koy Sam and his wife were closing at the time and two customers were finishing their meals when two men walked in with guns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All of a sudden my wife ran back panicking,&#8221; Sam said.<\/p>\n<p>One of them forced the couple to the ground while the other went for the register.<\/p>\n<p>He never made it because a customer confronted him with a gun.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was amazing,&#8221; Sam said. &#8220;He absolutely kept us all calm, made sure everything was okay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As the customer held one suspect for police, he fired as the other suspect ran off. The bullets shattered the front windows of the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>The second suspect got away and it&#8217;s not clear if he was hit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><object id=\"flashObj\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isVid=1&#038;isUI=1\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=3985306091001&#038;playerID=3625010258001&#038;playerKey=AQ~~,AAADS7v-7gk~,hKJf6vsV-lqiqffWT7pGsyiIFAMTti8w&#038;domain=embed&#038;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" \/><param name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isVid=1&#038;isUI=1\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" flashVars=\"videoId=3985306091001&#038;playerID=3625010258001&#038;playerKey=AQ~~,AAADS7v-7gk~,hKJf6vsV-lqiqffWT7pGsyiIFAMTti8w&#038;domain=embed&#038;dynamicStreaming=true\" base=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" name=\"flashObj\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" swLiveConnect=\"true\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The next story comes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/1-Shot-at-Taco-Bell-in-Broward-County-288485661.html\">Florida<\/a> at a Taco Bell;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The suspect, later identified as 21-year-old Rontavis Holton, told the victim it was a robbery and to drop his pants, the Broward Sheriff&#8217;s Office said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur victim in this case was himself armed, he took out his gun and shot the suspect, then he went inside the Taco Bell, told them what happened and asked them to call police,&#8221; BSO spokeswoman Keyla Concepcion said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"UTF-8\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/portableplayer\/?cmsID=288522181&#038;videoID=5HoJ8_SyRVpo&#038;origin=nbcmiami.com&#038;sec=news&#038;subsec=local&#038;width=500&#038;height=300\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>If I&#8217;m not mistaken, former Lieutenant Colonel Robert Bateman, in his last little screed at Esquire asked what kind of coward would need to take a gun to a restaurant, well, Bobby, there&#8217;s two examples why right there.<\/p>\n<p>The next story comes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/essex\/index.ssf\/2015\/01\/store_clerk_shoots_kills_robbery_suspect_in_newark.html\">New Jersey<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A clerk at a supermarket shot and killed one person who was attempting to rob the store Tuesday night, the Essex County Prosecutor\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n<p>Two people attempted to rob the Neighborhood Deli Supermarket at 48 Irvine Turner Blvd. shortly before 9 p.m. The second robber fled the scene on foot, according to an initial investigation by the prosecutor\u2019s office. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The next story comes from <a href=\"http:\/\/wishtv.com\/2015\/01\/12\/impd-clerk-shoots-suspect-during-armed-robbery\/\">Indiana<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Police say a suspect entered the clothing store armed and wearing a mask. The robber, later identified as Carlos Brookins, 34, from Indianapolis, demanded money from the employee behind the register. 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