Here’s today’s news about part of what happened to the Amish girls in their last moments:
The oldest of the five Amish girls shot dead in a Pennsylvania schoolhouse is said to have stepped forward and asked her killer to “Shoot me first,” in an apparent effort to buy time for her schoolmates.
Rita Rhoads, a midwife who delivered two of the victims, told ABC News’ Law and Justice Unit that she learned of 13-year-old Marian Fisher’s plea from Fisher’s family.
What’s more, Fisher’s younger sister, Barbie, who survived the shooting, allegedly asked the gunman, Charles Carl Roberts IV, to “Shoot me second,” Rhoads said.
“They were amazing,” Rhoads said, “absolutely amazing. There was a tremendous amount of calm and courage in that schoolroom.”
“Marian, the oldest one, did ask to be shot first,” Rhoads said. “The faith of their fathers really was embedded in them. … How many adults are willing to do that? Not many.”
Marian Fisher is being buried today, along with Naomi Rose Ebersole, 7, and sisters Mary Liz Miller, 8, and Lena Miller, 7.
Anna Mae Stoltzfus, 12, is to be buried on Friday.
When I read of such incredible courage and compassion for others - especially in someone so young, I’m even further sickened by such morally bereft low-lifes as Bill Clinton, O.J. Simpson and Ted Kennedy who don’t even have the courage to own up to their despicable behavior - much less be willing to sacrifice themselves for others. A 13-year old Amish girl is more of “a man” than they could ever be.
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