Mom saves her kids from gunman in Wisconsin

Erin Stoffel, a Wisconsin mom and her family were walking on the a pedestrian bridge in Menasha when a unexpected gunman fired, killing her husband and her 11 year old daughter. She pushed off her other two children off the bridge while she got shot 3 times. "You can never underestimate the power of a mother to protect her children. To have three gunshot wounds and be able to get off that bridge and save two of her children is incredible to think about," says Dr. Ray Georgen from the hospital she attended to. Sergio Valencia Del Toro, the gunman, decided to open fire after having an argument with his fiance. Police came to the conclusion that he did not know the people he killed and after, he took his own life with the gun. Her son (one of the children she managed to save) and herself are now being called heroes because of the fact that the mom, in the middle of being shot and saving her other child, told her son to go get help and he succeeded. Besides the loss of her husband and third child, they are receiving praise.    

 Payne, Ed. "Woman Saves 2 of Her Children after Being Shot 3 times - CNN.com." CNN. Cable News Network, 5 May 2015. Web. 5 May 2015. http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/05/us/wisconsin-shooting/index.html