One bullet changed all that. Now I know a lot about him. I found out he was not just an officer. He was Jacob Chestnut, a good man, a father and husband, and an Air Force veteran. It is easy to take people for granted and to go about our own business from day to day.
Traumatic events tend to change that.
In Saudi Arabia I learned to appreciate all that the Services Squadron people did following the Khobar Towers bombing to keep up our morale, health and sanity. I appreciated the medical personnel at Fairchild and at Khobar Towers who ignored their own bleeding wounds in order to help others. And the list goes on. I learned a lot about the Capitol police last week, and I appreciate them too. We can learn a lot during and after traumatic events about ourselves and about other people.