"Amish girl asked to be shot first, woman says"
One of the girls who died in Pennsylvania's Amish schoolhouse massacre asked the killer to shoot her first in an apparent bid to save younger girls, a woman who spoke to the victim's family said on Friday.Rita Rhoads, a nurse-midwife who delivered 13-year-old Marian Fisher as well as another victim, said Fisher appealed to Charles Carl Roberts to shoot her first because she thought it might allow younger girls to survive. (John Hurdle, Reuters)
I can't imagine the kind of courage it took to do such a thing. Like most, I've been following this story since it first hit the headlines, and each new bit of information I find makes it even more apparent just how strong the Amish are in their faith. What a terrible tragedy.