In a surprise move, President Barack Obama called Antoinette Tuff, the Georgia woman credited with helping prevent a school shooting, to thank her for her courage, the Associated Press reports.
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The White House says Obama spoke with Antoinette Tuff on Thursday while in New York, where he is on an education-focused bus trip.
The White House says the president praised Tuff for the courage she displayed earlier this week while talking to a gunman who entered the school where she works.
Tuff, who works at Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy near Decatur, Ga., was taken hostage on Aug. 20 by 20-year-old Michael Brandon Hill, who said he no longer wanted to live.
Read more at the Associated Press.
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