Last deed lives on as hero Jonathan Blunk laid to rest

Last deed lives on as hero Jonathan Blunk laid to rest
by Chaplain Kathie
Wounded Times Blog
August 4, 2012


The gunman did something in Colorado that will not be forgotten after he decided that others should die for what he wanted to do.

Jonathan Blunk will be remembered because he decided he would do something because others should live.

Keeping my promise to not give the mass murderer publicity, his evil act will not be forgotten but as with most, his name will be forgotten when the jail cell closes. This we know by others who came before him after the headlines contained their names.

The pain they left behind was replaced by memories of their victims. Do we really remember the names of the people that decided they should crash planes into the Twin Towers to kill as many people as possible or the other mass murderers killing people in the Pentagon or in the murderers killed in field in Shanksville Pennsylvania because heroes took action? We can look them up online and find their names but no one really wants to. Instead there are now three ships named for the places the murderers caused so much pain, USS Somerset, USS New York and USS Arlington will sail the seas bearing the memories of the victims and not the murderers.

As with most murderers, this report about Jonathan Blunk has the accused murderer mentioned far below his name. Pretty much the way it should be.

Friends: Family has been told that slain Navy veteran tried to stop shooter in Colo. theater
By Associated Press
Published: August 3
Washington Post

RENO, Nev. — A Navy veteran who died after throwing himself in front of a friend during the Colorado movie theater shooting was remembered Friday for his fearlessness and optimism.

Some mourners at the funeral for 26-year-old Jonathan Blunk also said they’ve been told by officials that there are indications he may have tried to stand up to the heavily armed gunman and stop him during the July 20 attack in Aurora, Colo.

“Law enforcement is leaning toward he was trying to get the (suspect’s) gun to save people’s lives,” said Roland Lackey, an Air Force veteran who officiated the service. “He was a hero, and I salute him.”

FBI spokesman Dave Joly in Denver said Friday that a court gag-order prevented him from commenting on the case. Officials have not yet indicated publicly whether anyone inside the Aurora theater confronted suspected gunman James Holmes during the shooting spree that left 12 people dead and dozens wounded.

Among the 500 mourners who packed a mortuary in the Nevada city where Blunk was raised were his wife, Chantel; daughter, Hailey, 4; son, Maximus, 2; and dozens of service members.

Blunk, who served three tours in the Middle East from 2004 to 2009, was credited for saving his friend’s life when the heavily armed gunman burst into the midnight showing of the Batman film “The Dark Knight Rises.”

Kyle Dawson, his shipmate in the Navy, said authorities told Blunk’s widow that her husband also matched the description of a man who went after the suspect.
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