ARIZONA SHOOTING
HEROES
Ret. Army Col.
Bill Badger,
Patricia Maisch,
Roger Salzgeber
AMID THE BLOODY horror of the
Tucson shootings last January, which
took the lives of 6 people and wounded
13, including Arizona Congresswoman
Gabrielle Giffords, it was possible to
miss the acts of heroism that succeeded
in bringing down gunman Jared Lee
Loughner. After Loughner began shooting people at a Giffords event, Retired
Army Colonel Bill Badger, 75, grabbed
Loughner’s wrist and pushed him to
the ground. Roger Salzgeber, 61, also
pounced, throwing his body weight on
top of Loughner. As the gunman struggled to pull another magazine from his
pocket, Patricia Maisch, 62, scooped
it up, preventing him from reloading.
All three point out that many others
behaved with heroism that day: nearby
shoppers, first-responders, hospital
personnel. “One of the lessons I’ve
learned is there are very good people
out there,” Maisch says. —S.M.
LATINO PROMOTER
Emilio
Estefan Jr.
FOR MORE THAN three decades,
Emilio Estefan Jr. has amassed
producing credits for a Who’s
Who of Latino singers: Shakira,
Ricky Martin, and Gloria Estefan,
his wife of 33 years. But in 2009
Estefan readily stepped into
the spotlight himself to cochair
a congressional commission
charged with developing a
“plan of action” for a museum
celebrating the achievements
of Latinos in America. Last
May the commission recom-
mended the Smithsonian
American Latino Museum be
established on the National
Mall in Washington, D.C. The
Cuban-born Estefan was 15
when he immigrated to Miami.
He formed his first band, the
Miami Latin Boys, in 1974,
which later became the Miami
Sound Machine. Estefan hopes
the new museum will inspire
young American Latinos.
“They’re going to see that their
dreams can come true in this
country.” —F. W.
The Magazine
INSPIRE
AWARDS
The Inspire
Awards are
given each year
to extraordinary
people whose
contributions
inspire others
to action
through their
innovative
thinking,
passion, and
perseverance.
