Upworthy · 9 hours ago

Hero principal crowned Prom King After School Shooting

When Kirk Moore tackled a gunman in the lobby of his Oklahoma high school, stopping what could have been a mass shooting, he took a bullet to the leg and two days in the hospital. A few weeks later, his students gave him something back: a crown. At prom, they voted him king, and as Nickelback's "Hero" played and teenagers screamed and jumped, Moore walked through a sea of gratitude, visibly moved. "Words alone cannot begin to express my gratitude for the outpouring of love," he said afterward, crediting his training, his instincts, and "God's hand." The police chief was blunt about what Moore's courage meant: "There's not a doubt in my mind that he saved kids' lives." Because of him, every single one of those students made it to prom.