Daniel Hernandez & Michelle Obama To Sit Together At State Of The Union

Political Punch:

Daniel Hernandez Jr., one of the heroes of the mass shooting in Tucson, Ariz., two weeks ago, tells ABC News that he will be sitting, along with his father, Daniel Hernandez Sr., with Michelle Obama at the State of the Union on Tuesday, which happens to be his 21st birthday.

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[rview]

07:13 AM on 01/25/2011

So poised at such a young age. The way he has handled himself after the tragic incident is almost as amazing. Would love to see him in office some day.

[justsayno]

09:05 PM on 01/24/2011

Ahhh just the right moment ey? http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=zTKYU7f68­Ys”

[justsayno]

08:42 PM on 01/24/2011

If he just finds that right moment... I guess he did

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTKYU7f68Ys

[Tails]

05:08 PM on 01/24/2011

Remember, Mr. Hernandez is g@y. No one tell DeMint.

[BebeLush]

04:31 PM on 01/24/2011

A true hero. We are very proud of you.

[Tails]

05:29 PM on 01/24/2011

Even money Bachmann is going to call the INS when she see him.

[justsayno]

09:08 PM on 01/24/2011

So this is the moment he has been waiting for http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=zTKYU7f68­Ys”

[jeremyfive]

04:19 PM on 01/24/2011

Nice. Great Americans both.

[freethinkergirl]

03:30 PM on 01/24/2011

Get over it.....what about Bush????
 
Wesley Autrey dubbed by the media as the "Subway Samaritan", "Subway Superman", "The Hero of Harlem" and as the "Subway Hero") is a New York construction worker who in 2007 achieved international recognition after he saved Cameron Hollopeter, a 20-year-old film student who had suffered a seizure and fallen onto the tracks, from being struck by a New York City subway train.
 
He was at Bush's 2007 state of the union......

[BebeLush]

04:30 PM on 01/24/2011

Not to mention Pat Tillman. Good God, what a disgrace that was.

[p456]

04:47 PM on 01/24/2011

x2

[monroele]

01:58 PM on 01/24/2011

The real hero was the judge who gave his life to protect others. And the three who prevented the shooter to kill more - without guns!!!! Plenty of heroes in this story.

[freethinkergirl]

03:25 PM on 01/24/2011

Unfortunately they cannot be present......

[samm2202]

04:32 PM on 01/24/2011

Yes Judge Roll is a hero, so is Mr. Stoddard, As well as The Husband of Dot Morris who tried to shield her from the gunfire.

All these people but many many more are a hero but so is Daniel, he ran towards the gunfire to help anyone who might be hurt! that is pretty heroic!

[hypeandchange]

01:58 PM on 01/24/2011

why does he get the booby prize?

[monroele]

01:53 PM on 01/24/2011

There is no business like show business.
This young man inspired me to get some training in first aid though I am real squeamish about everything medical.
But the hero I would like to see up there would be a member of the house who really wants to change gun laws in this country, so that we are not the most murderous industrialized country.

[freethinkergirl]

03:26 PM on 01/24/2011

So nice to know the US leads their economic counterpar­ts in something.­......:-((
 
The rate of death from firearms in the United States is eight times higher than that in its economic counterpar­ts in other parts of the world.
 
In 2003, there were 30,136 firearm-re­lated deaths in the United States.
 
CDC/Nation­al Center for Injury Prevention and Control, WISQARS Injury Mortality Reports 1999-2003
 
http://www­.cdc.gov/n­cipc/wisqa­rs
 
Kellermann AL and Waeckerle JF. Preventing Firearm Injuries. Ann Emerg Med July 1998; 32:77-79.
 
The overall firearm-re­lated death rate among U.S. children younger than 15 years of age is nearly 12 times higher than among children in 25 other industrial­ized countries combined.
 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention­. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 1997;46:10­1-105.
 
The United States has the highest rate of youth homicides and suicides among the 26 wealthiest nations.
 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention­.
Rates of homicide, suicide, and firearm-re­lated death among children: 26 industrial­ized countries.

[apartoflife]

01:42 PM on 01/24/2011

There is a grand irony here. How ironic that the hero in Arizona is the very same demographic republicans in Arizona despise, young gay latino. Had the shooter been hispanic.... forget about it.

[roannamac]

04:29 PM on 01/24/2011

Isn't it. I think that must drive the right crazy. Have you seen him interviewed by anyone on Fox?

[Michael Mouton]

01:30 PM on 01/24/2011

21st birthday? Obama is going to get him so drunk.

[KellyRyan]

01:15 PM on 01/24/2011

Daniel Hernandez ... a reminder of everyday helpfulness and civility.

[Astrazoic]

12:48 PM on 01/24/2011

People just have to have a hero...

[Belle Starr]

01:15 PM on 01/24/2011

How true. And isn't nice to see someone who has shown his bravery in saving others rather than someone who caterwauls how she's a victim all the time?

[gramma61]

01:39 PM on 01/24/2011

At the age of 20 this is one remarkable kid.I watched him being interviewed and his statement at the memorial and just kept thinking...his family did one fine job.

[roannamac]

04:29 PM on 01/24/2011

Fann!

[samm2202]

04:36 PM on 01/24/2011

If they do, i think a 20yr old kid who runs into gun fire to help innocent victims is a much better fit than any politician i have seen in the last great many years...

Save for Gabby Giffords, that's why she won my vote every election time!

[jsgaetano]

12:16 PM on 01/24/2011

Gooptards will undoubtedly want to see his birth certificate first.