Antoinette Tuff

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Antoinette Tuff is a citizen of the United States , which on 20th August 2013 as a hostage of a crazed gunman by deeskalierendes behavior a possible massacre in a primary school with about 870 children in Decatur at Atlanta (State Georgia prevented). US President Barack Obama thanked the accountant for her courage by phone.

Attack on the school

On August 20, 2013, 20-year-old Michael Brandon Hill stormed the Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy , an elementary school in Decatur, USA with an AK-47 assault rifle and 500 rounds of ammunition . The potential gunman took the school's accountant (secretary), Antoinette Tuff, hostage in the entrance area and asked her to request a camera team; he apparently wanted to have his fatal shootout with the police filmed. When the police arrived in front of the school, he shot the officers, missed them and went back to the secretariat. Tuff was able to call 911 without being noticed. The emergency call was recorded and documented Tuff's 14-minute conversation with the armed intruder. Accordingly, Tuff had a calming effect on Hill, talked to him about his own life experiences and was able to induce him to drop the rifle and surrender. The conversation recorded on the emergency number was published on the website of the " New York Magazine ". Actually, Tuff had taken a few weeks off and wasn't supposed to be in school at all. But that day she stood in for a secretary.

Personal

Antoinette Tuff was divorced after 33 years of marriage and has a severely disabled son. The Christian belongs to the church “Christian Center for Way, Truth and Life”. Shortly before the attack, she would have learned there to remain calm in crisis situations. "To have an anchor and to find support in Christ," her pastor preached, she later said on local radio. Together with the school employees, she was also regularly trained for extreme situations, said a spokeswoman for the school authorities. President Obama promised her a visit to the White House .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b heroine of everyday life | Persuaded to give up: Woman prevents rampage , in: Brigitte from August 22, 2013
  2. ↑ a b Hendrik Ternieden: School massacre prevented: The heroine of Decatur , in: Spiegel online from 23 August 2013
  3. ↑ Petula Dvorak: Antoinette Tuff's 911 call on Ga. Shooting suspect is a portrait of poise, compassion , in: The Washington Post, August 22, 2013; Matt Smith: Georgia school shooting: Antoinette Tuff hailed as hero , in: CNN 23 Aug 2013
  4. ↑ a b Klaus Rösler: The heroine who doesn't want to be , in: idea Spektrum 36.2013, p. 44, from September 4, 2013 (online at: Kath.net from September 8, 2013)
  5. ^ Emergency call recording , on: New York Magazine (website) from August 22, 2013
  6. ↑ The prevention of the rampage , in: Tages-Anzeiger from 23 August 2013
  7. ↑ Phillip Lucas: Michael Brandon Hill, Georgia School Shooting Suspect, Was 'Like Any Other Kid,' Brother Tells CNN ( November 1, 2013 memento on the Internet Archive ), in: The Huffington Post, August 23, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Tuff, Antoinette
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American accountant and hostage in a rampage
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century