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Saturday, January 03, 2009

New Terms I Learned Today, Part 2

Family Annihilator --- a person (usually male) who kills his whole family in a fit of rage.

Specifically, I was watching an episode of a TV documentary series called "What Should You Do?"  One of the narrators, Candace DeLong, a former FBI agent and profiler, discussed family annihilators while showcasing the heroic actions of Alana Franklin, a true heroine.

Alana, at the age of eleven, was calm enough, practical enough, and smart enough to save her nephew from his crazy daddy.  For her heroic actions, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission awarded her a medal.  To this date, she's the youngest recipient of the Carnegie Heroes Medal.

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