Police: Hero instructor fought son in arrow attack
By MEAD GRUVER
The Associated Press
Sunday, December 2, 2012
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Gravely wounded by an arrow fired into his head, a Wyoming college instructor still managed to wrestle with his 25-year-old son who carried out the attack and give his students time to flee the classroom, say police who hailed the actions as heroic.
More grisly details of the horrific murder-suicide in Wyoming came to light Saturday, a day after the younger man killed his father's live-in girlfriend and then barged into his father's computer science class and shot him in the head with a high-powered bow and arrow.
As James Krumm, 56, then fought with son Christopher Krumm of Vernon, Conn., during Friday's attack, the handful of students in the Casper College classroom escaped.
Christopher Krumm had just stabbed to death 42-year-old Heidi Arnold at the home she shared with James Krumm two miles away.
When police arrived at the classroom, they found Christopher Krumm bleeding from self-inflicted knife wounds and taking his last breaths.
James Krumm was dead, Casper Police Chief Chris Walsh said.
"I can tell you the courage that was demonstrated by Mr. Krumm was absolutely without equal," he said, adding that the instructor's actions could offer some measure of comfort to those affected by the killings.
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Monday, December 3, 2012
Sunday, January 25, 2009
First responders may get benefit for PTSD
First responders may get benefit
The Casper Star Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
By DUSTIN BLEIZEFFER
Star-Tribune energy reporter
Saturday, January 24, 2009 2:05 AM MST
After several months of hand-wringing about the possibility of misuse, several state lawmakers have warmed to an amendment that would limit an expansion of state workers' compensation coverage of mental "injuries" to emergency first responders.
Sen. John Hastert, D-Green River, is sponsor of Senate File 18, the "mental-injury, workers' compensation" bill. Hastert said to alleviate concerns of misuse, he is proposing an amendment narrowing the extended coverage to only first responders who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
It would not change existing law, which covers mental injuries that are direct results of work-related physical injuries.
"There were a lot of concerns about opening the 'mental-mental' (coverage) too broadly, so we're going to focus it," Hastert said. "It's a first step, a small step in expanding coverage. And post-traumatic stress disorder is absolutely diagnosable."
Hastert said Gov. Dave Freudenthal's office and leaders of the Labor, Health and Social Services Committee seem to be on board with the amendment. Currently, coverage of a workplace mental injury under the Wyoming Worker Safety and Compensation Division is only compensable if it is the direct result of a physical injury.
That leaves Wyoming's law enforcement, firefighters and other first responders uncovered should they suffer from PTSD. Hastert and others have said that during the past year and a half, the division has turned away at least six first responders suffering from PTSD.
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The Casper Star Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
By DUSTIN BLEIZEFFER
Star-Tribune energy reporter
Saturday, January 24, 2009 2:05 AM MST
After several months of hand-wringing about the possibility of misuse, several state lawmakers have warmed to an amendment that would limit an expansion of state workers' compensation coverage of mental "injuries" to emergency first responders.
Sen. John Hastert, D-Green River, is sponsor of Senate File 18, the "mental-injury, workers' compensation" bill. Hastert said to alleviate concerns of misuse, he is proposing an amendment narrowing the extended coverage to only first responders who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
It would not change existing law, which covers mental injuries that are direct results of work-related physical injuries.
"There were a lot of concerns about opening the 'mental-mental' (coverage) too broadly, so we're going to focus it," Hastert said. "It's a first step, a small step in expanding coverage. And post-traumatic stress disorder is absolutely diagnosable."
Hastert said Gov. Dave Freudenthal's office and leaders of the Labor, Health and Social Services Committee seem to be on board with the amendment. Currently, coverage of a workplace mental injury under the Wyoming Worker Safety and Compensation Division is only compensable if it is the direct result of a physical injury.
That leaves Wyoming's law enforcement, firefighters and other first responders uncovered should they suffer from PTSD. Hastert and others have said that during the past year and a half, the division has turned away at least six first responders suffering from PTSD.
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