Faith in Humanity

This week the most deadly shooting in modern day US history happened. A monster of a human being opened 10 minutes of fire onto an innocent crowd of people in Las Vegas. We all instantly think things like, 'I can't imagine the fear that they felt! I can't imagine what they saw and thought! I can't imagine the pain of their losses! How could someone do this? Why did he do it? It's a terrifying world that we live in!'. I have thought each of those too but honestly more than anything else I have thought, 'I can't believe how many heroes there were that night! How many normal people stopped to help complete strangers rather than to ran for their lives. How many people sheltered women and children that they didn't even know. How many carried or helped others out during the rain of bullets. How many paramedics and law enforcement officers ran TOWARDS the kill zone as everyone else was running away. Professionals that weren't even working that day but left their families and their cozy safe homes without pause to help. Those LEO ran into gun fire for people that they didn't know. Some of those people who pledge to hate them. People who look down on them or call them racists. People who could care less about the lives of those who swore an oath to protect them. That night, in those moments, in that crowd there were no politics or skin colors. Humanity leaped to help in all forms for all people. Times like these are devastating no doubt but times like these bring out the best in us. From the people who saved lives that night to the people donating blood, money, and supplies to the people bringing drinks and food to those in the blood donation line. The people who sat with deceased bodies until family could get there just so that body wasn't alone. People who drove injured people to the hospital. Medical staff that haven't slept in days so that they can continue to save lives. The police that came to the rescue on October 2nd and the detectives who will for months to come will try and figure out why this happened knowing that they may never get that answer. And people who simply keep everyone involved in their prayers. Humanity has evil people in it but humanity has more shining stars. We can't let the act of one man take away the act of thousands of heroes.