the news media is crediting a small female cop with taking down craxed islamic fanatic gunman nidal malik hassan when the real hero is senior sgt. mark todd. just another case of the news media not giving a man credit. the media likes the ''pretty petite blond female cop taking down the bad guy'' narrative better than the male cop being the hero. mark down brought this crazed islamo nutjob down. give credit where credit is due. and stop stupidly and rhetorically calling the 13 ft. hood victims ''heroes.'' they were merely in the wrong place at the wrong time. they are no more ''heroes'' than the victims at columbine or virginia tech. one was a female soldier who was 3 months pregnant, which is a nice way to get out of the army. you stupid media brats.