Canada’s National & World Stage Hero, 58

The Sargeant-at-Arms who saved Canada’s Parliament this week was working quietly in his office when the shots of a Muslim convert rang out…  Acknowledging his security team’s warning of the gunman’s position, House of Commons Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers ran toward the assailant and hid behind a pillar only arm’s length away.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-shooting-the-face-to-face-encounter-that-ended-the-attack-on-parliament-1.2812802