Canadian Parliament security chief hailed as hero after shooting
AFP
October 24, 2014, 12:06 am TWN |
Ministers, lawmakers and Canadian lawmakers
identified the House of Commons' Sergeant-At-Arms, Kevin Vickers, as the man
responsible for firing the shots that brought down the assailant.
Member of Parliament Craig Scott said on
Twitter Vickers had slain the gunman just as he approached rooms packed with
politicians.
“MPs and Hill
staff owe their safety, even lives, to Sergeant at Arms Kevin Vickers who shot
attacker just outside the MPs' caucus rooms,” Scott wrote.
Vickers, a 29-year veteran of the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police, was appointed Sergeant-At-Arms in 2006.
The position leaves him in charge of
security at the Parliamentary buildings.
He also carries the mace, the symbol of
Parliamentary authority, during formal proceedings and ceremonies.
“To all in
Ottawa, stay safe & strong. Thank God for Sgt at Arms Kevin Vickers &
our Cdn security forces. True heroes,” Mackay wrote.
Canadian minister of veteran affairs,
Julian Fantino also identified Vickers in a post.
“I am safe
& profoundly grateful to Sgt at Arms Kevin Vickers & our security
forces for selfless act of keeping us safe,” he wrote.
Senator Linda Frum responded to a tweet
identifying Vickers as the man who had brought the shoot-out to a bloody
conclusion with one word: “Hero.”
Structure of the Lead：
WHO-Canadian
WHEN- Wednesday
WHAT-not given
WHY-shooting dead a gunman who stormed the building
WHERE-
HOW-being hailed as a hero
Keywords：
1. hailed 歡呼
2. assailant 攻擊者
3. slain 被殺
4. carries 攜帶
5. profoundly 深深地
I do not agree about the word, " hero", which was used to describe the bloody event. Although it is right to save people, I still think that it goes too extremely. There must be other ways to conduct with this event. For example, he could shoot his arms or legs rather than shooting dead. On the other hand, it is a good opportunity to think whether their security is not good enough. If it is good to keep down with the gunman, he will not run into to the building.
回覆刪除The reason why the gunman killed the soldier who stationed in "National War Memorial" is unknown. However, I think the security of the Canadian Parliament is not strict enough. Only some part of the security guards were armed, no wonder the gunman can break into the Parliament easily.
回覆刪除It is sad to hear that the soilder was killed in the accident. I think from this accident, the government should know that the security of the Parliament is not enough. Also, we should know that even the well protected place like the Parliament could happen such terrible thing, then what about the public place? It would be more danger for everyone can go there to conduct a more serious accident. However, even the gunman was bad, they shouldn't be killed, we need to follow the step and let them be judge by the court since we don't have the right to kill people and also we should look into.the.reason first.
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