Andrea Ivie Webb

Andrea Ivie Webb rescued Kimberly D. Crow and 17 other students from assault, Ennis, Texas, May 15, 2001. Kimberly, 16, the other students, and their teacher Ms. Webb, 53, were in a high school classroom when another student, a boy, 16, entered the room, produced a loaded revolver, and held them at gunpoint. Standing between her students and the assailant, Ms. Webb talked to the assailant, asking him to release the others. He refused and instead told Ms. Webb to leave the room. Forfeiting her opportunity to flee, Ms. Webb offered herself as a hostage in the students’ place. The assailant allowed all of the students except Kimberly to leave the room, then he and Kimberly talked, Ms. Webb shielding Kimberly behind her back. Becoming more agitated, the assailant approached Ms. Webb, aimed the gun at her, then turned and fired into a nearby television. He then put the gun to his head and fired again, inflicting a mortal wound. Ms. Webb pushed Kimberly to the floor and shielded her with her body. Police arrived and removed Kimberly and Ms. Webb from the classroom.