Hero teacher didn’t have time to think

In the moments after a young man detonated two pipe bombs at Hillsdale High School in San Mateo, English language development teacher Kennet Santana didn’t have time to think about what he should do.

As students crouched for cover in their classrooms, Santana, 34, moved toward the explosions shortly after 8 a.m. Monday. In the hallway outside the library, he saw a boy wearing a tactical vest with what turned out to be eight other pipe bombs.

Santana thought at first the youth was a student trying to run from whatever was happening. But when he noticed a pipe bomb sticking out of one of the boy’s pockets, he realized that the youth was a threat – and that he had to stop him.

Without hesitation, Santana tackled the boy in a bear hug, pinned his arms to his sides, flipped him to the ground and stayed on top of him while yelling at other teachers to call for help.

Read more: www.sfgate.com

But does the teacher consider himself a hero?

Not by this answer: “There’s one hero in my family, and he’s in Iraq right now,” Santana said, referring to his brother, who is in the military.

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Nerdy Stuff About The New Stadium

Two items of note in the video:

Someone is actually playing a video game (Madden) on the Godzillatron, how awesome is that?

Towards the end of the video, the host shows you the worst seat in the stadium.

Update: I said it’s “60 yards, 120 feet”. My mistake – 60 yards is 180 feet.

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Lesbian Couple Expelled From Memphis Church

In an effort to learn more about mayoral candidate Kenneth Whalum, Yas Meen and Monique Stevens visited the reverend’s New Olivet Baptist Church Sunday morning. But they claim the experience resulted verbal attacks and expulsion from the church.

“I had been having political debates with my partner about who to vote for for mayor. I said Whalum was the man to vote for, and she was going for Herenton,” Meen says. “We decided to go to [Whalum’s] church to see what he was all about.”

Meen says many in the congregation were giving them dirty looks as soon as they sat down. But she says the real trouble started when the women — who are both agnostic — opted out of a “sanctified dance” that supposedly involved congregants dancing in the aisles, laying on the floor to pray, and blowing kisses to God.

Full Memphis Flyer Article

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