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When a gunman walked into a King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, Monday, employees immediately began doing something for which they had no training: saving lives.

Through the pandemic, grocery store workers have been hailed as heroes, sharing humanity and courage with anxious shoppers, or persevering amid . But the events Monday, in which 10 people were killed, put that selflessness in a new light.聽

As shoppers instinctively ran toward the back of the store, employees shepherded them toward exits and hid them in an upstairs closet. 鈥淓verybody kind of had like a hand on another person, you know,鈥� customer Ryan Borowski . 鈥淪omebody had their hand on my back, I had my hand on someone else鈥檚 back, and we just kept moving.鈥�

Six years ago in France, when a Muslim terrorist attacked a Jewish market, Malian immigrant Lassana Bathily 鈥� also Muslim 鈥� hid a group of hostages, saving their lives. When Mr. Bathily was awarded French citizenship, , 鈥淗e represents a big message for many people, especially for us.鈥澛�

Today, the employees of a Colorado market offer a similar message in the face of hate, notes a statement from the local chapter of the United Food and Commercial Workers. 鈥淭his senseless act of evil also highlights and shines a light on the best of human nature.鈥�