[garinda]

An unarmed student, facing a barrage of gun fire, doesn't really have much of a chance for heroics.

Self preservation must kick in. I'm sure if any of them had the chance to unarm the gunman, they would have done. To label them as cowardly is very, very cruel.

Think about the acts of heroism that occured on the hijacked planes at 9/11. They reportedly did try to over power their captors, but only when they knew they were probably going to die.

It's like when you read of an old lady, who died from injuries sustained after being mugged. With hindsight, she shouldn't have fought back, and got beaten to a pulp, she should have left the scum have her bag, which could have been replaced.

I bet each one of those students would have tried to over power the gunman at Virginia Tech, if they had a chance, and to suggest otherwise shows a complete lack of sympathy, and understanding of human nature.