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sheshe2

(93,719 posts)
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 05:13 PM Monday

Mark Hamill: All Hail VICTOR!!!

All hail VICTOR!!! He's a real-life hero whose selflessness & courage is an inspiration to us all.

Wishing you a complete & speedy recovery.

I salute you, sir! 🫡

Mark Hamill (@markhamillofficial.bsky.social) 2025-09-15T20:15:13.942Z


He has been released from the hospital.
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Mark Hamill: All Hail VICTOR!!! (Original Post) sheshe2 Monday OP
This little Dude should be acknowledged for his actions and deserves to live in a safe country as all kids do Deuxcents Monday #1
All this. sheshe2 Monday #3
Agreed, and it's absolutely insane we have to live with this shit. Initech Monday #6
The same with knobs on for the gun, ammunition, and weapons life-style companies who drive the whole thing. Ford_Prefect Monday #17
Yes, he should be MLWR Monday #19
He is a hero! StarryNite Monday #2
Yes, he is, StarryNite. sheshe2 Monday #7
Speedy recovery................ Lovie777 Monday #4
True hero. He has earned a medal many times over the ones tRump has/is awarding. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Monday #5
You are right. sheshe2 Monday #9
Think TACO will even mention him? marble falls Monday #8
LOL....NO! sheshe2 Monday #10
He should keep the boy's name. . . DinahMoeHum Monday #11
exactly. krasnov is not fit to even speak his name. niyad Monday #28
Nope. Would flag school shootings & that's last thing maga wants. As Epstein distraction would be only momentary. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Monday #12
A real American hero Clouds Passing Monday #13
💙💙💙 Cha Monday #14
Maybe, just Maybe, this should be the top headline today? MerryBlooms Monday #15
I want markie Monday #21
If Kamala were President, there might have been an appearance at the SOTU speech in store for him. John1956PA Monday #31
That's what real heroes do Endlessmike56 Monday #16
Liberal President would give Victor the Presidential Medal of Freedom. KS Toronado Monday #18
You are right, KS. sheshe2 Monday #20
Spot on, they are meaningless now. KS Toronado Yesterday #38
K&R ReRe Monday #22
Best and happiest post of the day! Thank you, sheshe! ancianita Monday #23
We all need to read something good for a change. sheshe2 Monday #24
Hooray for Victor! stage left Monday #25
What a precious child democrank Monday #26
Kick and Rec for Victor! berniesandersmittens Monday #27
Since that medal has gone to limpballs, the ghoul, and now nazi charlie, niyad Monday #29
K&R spanone Monday #30
What happened to the child he was trying to shield? niyad Monday #32
He was hit in the neck with a bullet fragment: sl8 Monday #33
Thank you. May he make a full recovery. niyad Monday #34
Maybe he gets recognition further down the road Scalded Nun Monday #35
Heartening news in troubled times! misanthrope Monday #36
Must be difficult for Luke Skywalker watching the Dark Orange Emporer taking over everything. mdbl Yesterday #37
He is most definitely a hero! Trueblue Texan Yesterday #39
Just please - - keep him away from Drumph! KY_EnviroGuy Yesterday #40
nice North Coast Lawyer Yesterday #41

Deuxcents

(23,987 posts)
1. This little Dude should be acknowledged for his actions and deserves to live in a safe country as all kids do
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 05:20 PM
Monday

Initech

(106,296 posts)
6. Agreed, and it's absolutely insane we have to live with this shit.
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 05:33 PM
Monday

Fuck guns, fuck gun nuts.

Ford_Prefect

(8,440 posts)
17. The same with knobs on for the gun, ammunition, and weapons life-style companies who drive the whole thing.
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 06:12 PM
Monday

Bernardo de La Paz

(58,341 posts)
12. Nope. Would flag school shootings & that's last thing maga wants. As Epstein distraction would be only momentary. . . nt
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 05:45 PM
Monday

markie

(23,628 posts)
21. I want
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 06:50 PM
Monday

to recommend that very thing!!!!

we need to pay attention to the good and awesome these days

John1956PA

(4,457 posts)
31. If Kamala were President, there might have been an appearance at the SOTU speech in store for him.
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 09:56 PM
Monday

KS Toronado

(21,260 posts)
18. Liberal President would give Victor the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 06:31 PM
Monday

tsf will never mention his name.

sheshe2

(93,719 posts)
20. You are right, KS.
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 06:47 PM
Monday

Perhaps Mark will send him a light saber. It would mean so much more than an empty medal from tsf. He has rendered them meaningless now.

ReRe

(11,917 posts)
22. K&R
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 07:04 PM
Monday

Maybe Mark Hamill will pay Victor a visit one of these? I wish.
Bet those little boys will be bosom buddies here on out. love 'em!

ancianita

(41,783 posts)
23. Best and happiest post of the day! Thank you, sheshe!
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 07:30 PM
Monday


Heroes know no age.

"Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends" John 15:13

For such love for his friend, this little guy's going to heaven.


sheshe2

(93,719 posts)
24. We all need to read something good for a change.
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 07:34 PM
Monday

This one was it for me, ancianita.
❤️💙💜💚💚💛🧡🧡

berniesandersmittens

(12,525 posts)
27. Kick and Rec for Victor!
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 08:30 PM
Monday


No child should have to make such a selfless decision. This child should get the presidential medal of freedom!

niyad

(127,209 posts)
29. Since that medal has gone to limpballs, the ghoul, and now nazi charlie,
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 09:48 PM
Monday

it has no value.

Maybe a scholarship? A fund for future medical care, including emotional? Something concrete and real?

sl8

(16,831 posts)
33. He was hit in the neck with a bullet fragment:
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 10:06 PM
Monday
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bullet-fragment-found-neck-10-year-old-weston-halsne-rcna228280

Bullet fragment found in neck of boy who went viral for saying his friend shielded him from school shooting

Weston Halsne's father said the fragment stopped short of the 10-year-old's carotid artery, which a doctor described as a "miracle."

Aug. 31, 2025, 12:39 PM EDT / Updated Aug. 31, 2025, 7:09 PM EDT
By Sumiko Moots and Mirna Alsharif

MINNEAPOLIS — Doctors discovered a bullet fragment in the neck of a 10-year-old boy who went viral for recounting how his friend jumped on top of him to shield him during a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church that killed two children and injured others.

Weston Halsne, a fifth-grade student at Annunciation Catholic School, was attending Mass on Wednesday when the shooting occurred. He recounted running under a pew and covering his head while shots came through the stained-glass windows, and said his friend Victor was shot while shielding him.

[...]

But doctors later discovered it was not just gunpowder that hit the 10-year-old’s neck, but a bullet fragment as well.

Weston’s father, Grant Halsne, told NBC News that the fragment came close to — but didn’t hit — the boy’s carotid artery, which a doctor described as a “miracle.”

[...]

Scalded Nun

(1,494 posts)
35. Maybe he gets recognition further down the road
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 10:15 PM
Monday

Right now you have a small child who saved another child from gun violence in a blue state.

A little too much recognition right now and I wouldn't be surprised to see ICE at his parents door.

mdbl

(7,350 posts)
37. Must be difficult for Luke Skywalker watching the Dark Orange Emporer taking over everything.
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 09:01 AM
Yesterday

Trueblue Texan

(3,736 posts)
39. He is most definitely a hero!
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 10:39 AM
Yesterday

But let's not let it get back to the gun lobbyists--they'll likely decide not just teachers, but all the students should carry weapons, as well.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,739 posts)
40. Just please - - keep him away from Drumph!
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 12:24 PM
Yesterday

I salute this little hero and wish for him a complete recovery......

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