Gerard B. Moran saved an indeterminate number of persons from homicidal attack, New York, New York, November 4, 1982. Firing a warning shot, a man armed with a machine gun and two pistols, all loaded, entered a hospital office suite and forced a group of persons into a conference room before proceeding to the suite’s occupied offices. Disobeying the gunman’s orders, Moran, 31, the hospital’s assistant director of personnel, went to one of the offices to alert its occupants. After firing at and wounding two of the hospital employees, the gunman aimed at Moran, standing nearby. Moran pushed the barrel of the machine gun away, then obtained a hold of the gunman, subduing him as another shot was fired. After disarming the assailant, Moran detained him until police arrived. The two wounded employees recovered.
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