The people who help when others shoot

In the wake of the mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, we’re going to name this the photo of the day.

Chris Moody of Yahoo News took this photo as employees scurried for safety when the gunman opened fire.

Hi-res photo of Omar Grant, who led his blind colleague off the Navy Yard base when they heard gunshots. pic.twitter.com/e7sb1ozX8b

— Chris Moody (@Chris_Moody) September 16, 2013

A close second is this one, which was taken by a congressional aide as he drove by the scene:

About the blogger

Bob Collins

bcollins@mpr.org • @newscut

Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.