This news item was missed by many, overshadowed by coverage of the Sandy Hook school massacre, which occurred the same day, December 14, 2012. On that day in China, Min Yongjun, driven insane by the Mayan calendar’s purported predictions of the end of the world, stabbed 23 people, 22 of the school children.
A boy being brutally mauled by three vicious pit bulls in North West Washington, DC, was rescued by a neighbor, who shot and killed one of the dogs, attracting police assistance. Though the man’s actions may have saved the boy’s life, DC’s strict gun laws mean that he may be facing charges and prison time.
