New At Say Anything: This Politician Had An Attempt Made On His Life. Can You Name Him?

Picture this: a politician is making a public appearance. All is going well until a person in the crowd makes an attempt on the politician's life and in the process gravely wounds an innocent bystander. You could be forgiven for immediately thinking of Gabrielle Giffords right now. The parallels are certainly there. However the above scenario actually happened back in September. The politican in question was the governor of Missouri.

In September 2010 Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon was scheduled to speak at Penn Valley Community College in Kansas City.

At some point, wearing black clothes and a bullet-proof vest, 22 year-old Casey Brezik bolted out of a classroom, knife in hand, and slashed the throat of a dean. As he would later admit, he confused the dean with Nixon.

You didn't hear about this? That's odd.

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