Members of Parliament snapped close to 15 flagpoles to make sharp weapons.
“There were 15 flags up at caucus and all but two were taken down,” one MP recalled.
“These guys were up there holding these spears ready to impale anyone who came in,” the source said.
“It was that or get mowed down,” the Member of Parliament said....
There were more than 150 Tory MPs stuck in this caucus room during the ordeal.
Many MPs thought the prime minister had managed to get out of the room and didn’t know he was sequestered in what amounted to a cubby hole.
“Someone knew there was a closet there so they stuck him in there,” the source said.
The prime minister’s RCMP security detail ultimately rescued him ("From his Closet") and whisked him out of the building.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-attack-mps-fashioned-spears-while-harper-hid-in-closet/article21278580/
Bravery is conquering your fears
Heroism is putting others lives ahead of your own
Cowardice is not standing by your post.
The removal of the flagpoles by the 13 Conservative caucus members was symbolic at best but showed their resolve to defend their lives and that of their peers even though they did not know what they were facing.
Fortunately the lone gunman did not have an organized plan of attack, his actions while premeditated were unorganized. From the ever changing media reports it appears that his anger stemmed from his attempt to obtain a passport and his erratic mental state.
As time goes on the Harper government and his boys in short pants in the PMO will fabricate and suppress certain facts for their own personal gain. It is a pattern they have followed since coming to power in 2006.
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