THE NEW SPIRIT OF RESISTANCE: 6th grade survivor: ‘I was going to go down fighting.’

Related: The Hero Solution to the Mass-Shooting Contagion. “We’re now remembering the heroes’ names more than the shooters. The shooters failed in two of their core missions — to kill large numbers of victims and achieve enduring fame. And if they keep failing, I wonder . . . could the mass-shooting contagion finally start to break?”

Plus: “Why in the world would I let this coward get what he wants? I’m not a victim,” he said. “I refuse to be a victim. Kendrick refused to be a victim.”