Kaleb Eulls is a typical high school senior (other than being one of the top high school football players in the country). On Tuesday he became something more, a genuine hero who saved 22 lives. When confronted by a distraught 14-year old female student wielding a .380 semi-automatic handgun, he acted decisively to get the students around him off the bus through the emergency exit in the back. But he wasn't done. He then proceeded to tackle the girl when she became distracted for a moment and managed to disarm her.
Understandably, Eulls is being hailed as a hero for his calm thinking and quick reaction to the situation. And he has become a household name across the country.
I, for one, am always intrigued by such stories, wondering, "What would I have done in a similar situation?" I am currently reading a very interesting book, The Survivors Club, in which the Ben Sherwood explores the secrets and science of survival. He describes different types of people and how they generally respond to emergencies. Clearly, Kaleb Eulls falls into the top 10 of the 10-80-10 scale. Those are the people who "will handle a crisis in a relatively calm and rational state of mind."
You never know when you will find yourself in a situation that demands action. Twenty-two young people owe their lives to Kaleb Eulls because he acted with complete selflessness. No matter where you fit on the survival scale, we can all be thankful for people like young Mr. Eulls. 
UPDATE: By the way, the middle 80 on the 10-80-10 scale is the second band of people who will "quite simply be stunned and bewildered" and experience what is called "brainlock". The bottom 10 is for those people who, Ben Sherwood writes, "you definitely want to avoid in an emergency. Simply put, the members of the third band do the wrong thing...They make the situation worse. They're the ones who lose control of themselves. In plain terms, they freak out and can't pull themselves together." (p. 48) The most important question is, which category describes you? :)
Comments