On the morning of January 8, 2011, in Casas Adobes, Arizona, 76-year-old Dorwan Stoddard and his wife Mavy were attending a Congress on Your Corner event outside a Safeway when a gunman opened fire on the crowd. Dorwan, a retired construction worker, immediately covered his wife to shield her; he was fatally struck in the head and Mavy suffered gunshot wounds to her legs but survived. Dorwan was one of six people killed and thirteen others wounded in the attack that also critically injured Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

The shooter, identified in reports as 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner, was subdued at the scene and charged in connection with the massacre. Dorwan’s actions that morning are recorded as an act of self-sacrifice to protect his wife. If anyone remembers Dorwan or was at the event and can share details about him or what happened, please come forward.