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Grace Under Pressure - Wow, You Have Got to See This

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Real Estate Agent with Retired

A woman reporter was shot at and hit while reporting from the front in Georgia.

She is amazing, the epitomy of grace under pressure. Many men and women trained for this don't react with the calm that she did.

I have been under fire. It is one thing to be able to shoot back, it is another thing completely to just continue reporting and making yourself a target.

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Mike Saunders
Retired - Athens, GA

Jan Marie - you and a lot of other people

Barb - if I had a place to "duck & cover" I would have gone there.

Simon - I didn't see that one

Aug 16, 2008 09:57 AM
Susan Mangigian
RE/MAX Preferred - West Chester, PA
Chester & Delaware County Homes, Delaware and Ches

Hey Mike!  I just realized that I was not subscribed to your blog.  So, now I am!  This was unbelievable!

Aug 16, 2008 10:41 AM
Mike Saunders
Retired - Athens, GA

Susan - thank you, glad to have you there. It certainly was amazing.

Aug 16, 2008 10:42 AM
Richard Weisser
Richard Weisser Realty - Newnan, GA
Richard Weisser Retired Real Estate Professional

Mike...

Wow, not a whimper or a whine, just continue with the job. Unbelievable video!

Aug 16, 2008 10:58 AM
Barbara S. Duncan
RE/MAX Advantage - Searcy, AR
GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR

Goodness, what will be captured on film next?  She's one brave lady. 

Aug 16, 2008 11:13 AM
Debi Ernst
St. Charles County, Missouri - Prudential Alliance Realtors - O'Fallon, MO
GRI, e-PRO, Broker/Sales Associate

Mike - That's amazing.  She just kept right on going.  I think I would've called it a day...  :)

Aug 16, 2008 11:29 AM
Mike Saunders
Retired - Athens, GA

Richard - I don't know about you, but I don't like pain. Asprin, hell, get the vicodin. Where's the morphine?

Barbara - you betcha

Debi - I would have called it a day when I heard the first shots

Aug 16, 2008 12:13 PM
Don Rogers
Keller Williams Realty Chesterfield - O'Fallon, MO
Realtor, Broker, CDPE, GRI, OnullFallon MO & St Charles County MO homes

Mike,

Dedication and determination are the only two words that I can think of to say!

Aug 16, 2008 12:51 PM
Mike Saunders
Retired - Athens, GA

Don - if you can only think of two words, those are two good ones

Aug 16, 2008 03:24 PM
Laura Watts
Positive Properties, LLC - Laurinburg, NC

Mike-She has a lot of nerve and to be able to continue talking, that was amazing.

Aug 16, 2008 05:09 PM
Mike Saunders
Retired - Athens, GA

Laura - it certainly is something you can't train for

Aug 16, 2008 11:58 PM
Susan McQuaide
Keller Williams - Simpsonville, SC

Mike, she is one tough cookie!  Kinda reminds of when Hillary was under sniper fire in Bosnia.......

Aug 17, 2008 12:27 AM
Mike Saunders
Retired - Athens, GA

Susan - ROFL

Aug 17, 2008 12:56 AM
Cynthia Tilghman, RealtorĀ® Onslow County NC Home Specialist
Kingsbridge Realty, Inc - Hubert, NC

Hello Mike,
Yeah, I saw this on the news too.  Quite impressive, what a professional. 

Aug 17, 2008 11:53 PM
Leesa Finley
RED Properties - Wake Forest, NC
RED Properties - Raleigh NC Real Estate

Mike- I had seen this - UNBELIEVABLE!  Did you see the other with the car of reporters being shot at?  What a scary job they have!

Aug 18, 2008 12:42 AM
Mike Saunders
Retired - Athens, GA

Cynthia - I would have been looking for something to hide behind, much bigger than a vest

Leesa - yeah, I saw that one also. Not a job I would want. I don't even like doing BPO's

Aug 18, 2008 01:35 AM
Russell Lewis
Realty Austin, Austin Texas Real Estate - Austin, TX
Broker,CLHMS,GRI

Pretty amazing and you know she was probably in shock too so all the more interesting that she stayed somewhat composed and did her job.

Aug 18, 2008 01:42 AM
Mike Saunders
Retired - Athens, GA

Russell - I do believe I would have been just a bit more on edge than she appeared to be

Aug 18, 2008 07:44 AM
Carey Pott
January Financial - Foothill Ranch, CA

That is pretty incredible. I wonder if she was in some sort of shock? Thankfully she didn't appear to be very badly wounded...

Aug 21, 2008 06:43 AM
Mike Saunders
Retired - Athens, GA

Carey - it was, even though it was "only a scratch", close would be too much for me.

Aug 21, 2008 11:50 AM