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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMark Hamill: All Hail VICTOR!!!
All hail VICTOR!!! He's a real-life hero whose selflessness & courage is an inspiration to us all.
— Mark Hamill (@markhamillofficial.bsky.social) 2025-09-15T20:15:13.942Z
Wishing you a complete & speedy recovery.
I salute you, sir! ð«¡
He has been released from the hospital.

Deuxcents
(23,987 posts)Thank you, Deuxcents.
Initech
(106,296 posts)Fuck guns, fuck gun nuts.
Ford_Prefect
(8,440 posts)MLWR
(535 posts)but I don't expect the orange abomination will do a damn thing.
StarryNite
(11,843 posts)So grateful he is out of the hospital.
sheshe2
(93,719 posts)❤️
Lovie777
(20,223 posts)you are a good friend and a hero.
Bernardo de La Paz
(58,341 posts)sheshe2
(93,719 posts)Under trump the awards are now meaningless.
marble falls
(68,522 posts)sheshe2
(93,719 posts)DinahMoeHum
(23,167 posts). . .out of his toilet mouth.
niyad
(127,209 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(58,341 posts)Clouds Passing
(5,784 posts)
Victor!
Mahalo, she
MerryBlooms
(12,001 posts)to recommend that very thing!!!!
we need to pay attention to the good and awesome these days
John1956PA
(4,457 posts)Endlessmike56
(28 posts)They act without expecting anything in return
KS Toronado
(21,260 posts)tsf will never mention his name.
sheshe2
(93,719 posts)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.
KS Toronado
(21,260 posts)

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)

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


sheshe2
(93,719 posts)This one was it for me, ancianita.
❤️💙💜💚💚💛🧡🧡
stage left
(3,131 posts)I think I'll pass this one on. We need heroes.
democrank
(11,773 posts)So, so brave
berniesandersmittens
(12,525 posts)
No child should have to make such a selfless decision. This child should get the presidential medal of freedom!
niyad
(127,209 posts)it has no value.
Maybe a scholarship? A fund for future medical care, including emotional? Something concrete and real?
niyad
(127,209 posts)sl8
(16,831 posts)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-olds neck, but a bullet fragment as well.
Westons father, Grant Halsne, told NBC News that the fragment came close to but didnt hit the boys carotid artery, which a doctor described as a miracle.
[...]
niyad
(127,209 posts)Scalded Nun
(1,494 posts)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.
misanthrope
(9,152 posts)A glimmer of hope.
mdbl
(7,350 posts)Trueblue Texan
(3,736 posts)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)I salute this little hero and wish for him a complete recovery......
North Coast Lawyer
(186 posts)People like this are the ones who need to be recognized. Not people like you know who.