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Boy takes bullet to save brother.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(Ricardo Caldera)(Brief Article)

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| January 09, 2006 | Mass, Warren | COPYRIGHT 2006 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Each year, Oakland Elementary School in Denver holds an annual "Courage to Stand" assembly, featuring multimedia character education programs developed by Companies for Kids. Companies for Kids is an organization that encourages students to stand up for what is right when it comes to issues like bullying and peer pressure.

This year's assembly on November 28 was quite special, however. It was preceded by special recognition for one of the student body's own heroes, nine-year-old fourth grader Ricardo Caldera.

Ricardo's extraordinary act of heroism took place on the evening of October 26 when two masked gunmen broke into the Caldera family's home in Montbello, northeast of downtown Denver. Ricardo's mother, Rosa Caldera, yelled to her two sons to hide in a basement bedroom. Ricardo instinctively threw himself over his four-year-old brother, Esteban.

One of the would-be robbers fired a shot into the ...

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