The unsung heroes didn’t know there was an unspent round in the chamber. A bullet capable of wasting one more life. April Ulrich had just shot her ex-husband twice. Who would be next?

We’ll never know. This murderer never left the scene of the crime. That’s because Peachtree City Police officers were there less than three minutes after the shooting. When they arrived, Sandy Garrett, an employee of NCR who works in security, had April Ulrich kneeling on the sidewalk. Garrett had seen the gun in the car and had ordered the killer to get out of the car and away from the gun.

What if Garrett had laid out of work that day? What would have happened if NCR employees had cowered behind their desks when they heard shots? I saw the surveillance video. These brave men and women ran out the door to offer their help. I believe they saved one life when they did that. I just don’t know whose life that was.

We’ve all heard about the gang rape in a pool hall in New England several years ago. Several men raped a woman on a pool table in front of about forty witnesses. Not one offered to help.

You see, people like Sandy Garrett are hard to find. Unless, of course, you’re in Fayette County.

A few weeks ago I witnessed a car accident at the intersection of Highway 92 and Jimmy Mayfield Boulevard in Fayetteville. Literally fifteen people stopped their cars and ran to help.

That’s citizenship. That’s why this is the best place in America to live.

Thanks to the brave people at NCR and the Peachtree City Police, that’s exactly what one citizen can do—live.