Kevin Vickers, the sergeant-at-arms for Canada’s House of Commons, is being credited for taking down the man who shot and killed reservist Nathan Cirillo yesterday.

For some tweeters, there’s something rather familiar about that image:

We can definitely see it.

Awesome, indeed. Vickers’ swift thinking and action no doubt saved many more lives.

God bless Kevin Vickers.

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