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Two heroes
in Dr. Reuven Bar-Levav shooting
are honored.

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wo men responsible for
saving lives during the
fatal shooting of a
Southfield psychiatrist
were presented with citations for
heroism at the Southfield City
Council meeting Tuesday night.
About 5 p.m. on June 11, Ronald
Rissman and James Stanislaw were
in Dr. Reuven Bar-Levav's offices in
Southfield, when former patient
Joseph Brooks Jr., a 27-year-old
Plymouth Township man, entered
and opened fire with a handgun
Brooks killed Dr. Bar-Levav, 72, a
Detroit resident, and patient Emmy
Gregg, 45, of Huntington Woods.
Four others were hurt. Brooks then
killed himself.
While Brooks was reloading,
Rissman ran toward an interior
door, shutting and locking it, while
Stanislaw used a cell phone to sum-
mon police.
"They were faced with a very dif-
ficult and highly stressed situation

that not only put them into a dan-
gerous situation, but also caused
them personal bodily harm," said
Joseph E. Thomas, Southfield police
chief, noting that both men were
wounded. "They rose above that
and, when faced with immediate
danger, chose to try and protect
other people. As far as I'm con-
cerned, the death and devastation
would have been much worse if they
had not taken the action that they
did."
Brooks shot the prominent psy-
chiatrist in the waiting room of his
Town Center office, then entered
the first of two doors leading to Dr.
Bar-Levav's therapy room and began
firing.
Even when Rissman and Stanislaw
were shot, "they continued to try to
barricade the door, and they relayed
clear, concise and relevant informa-
tion to the responding officers,"
Chief Thomas said. "We were in
that building in 71 seconds, and we
responded to that situation based on
the information given by one of
those gentlemen." P1

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Corrections

and enter category 7874.

The picture of Mark Kowalsky, new president of
the benefactors of Jewish Home and Aging
Services, was misidentified last week ("Sports Host
To Speak," page 53) as Mike Stone, WDFN-AM
sportscaster and guest speaker at the communal
organization's annual sports
night and installation. The
installation was held Sept. 23.
The correct pictures of
Kowalsky and Stone are at
right.

The six-ingredient noodle
kugel recipe published Sept.
17 (page 124) should have
stated: pre-heat oven to 350
degrees.

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