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Girl, 11, protects 2 sisters from bullets by using her body to cover them (PICTURED)

 

	J’Nay Bailey protected two younger girls by using her body as a human shield after hearing gunshots.

An Alabama elementary school community is celebrating the bravery of a fifth-grade girl who shielded two younger students from gunfire with her body and got them home safely.

J’Nay Bailey, 11, was walking the kindergartner and first-grader home from Montview Elementary School in Huntsville when the gunshots rang out about 2:45 p.m. on Sept. 30.

Kenzie Hastie is the kindergartener J’Nay protected.

“I heard a pop, and I thought they were just doing the electrical work,” J’Nay told the Daily News. “But when I heard several shots, I grabbed them and made them get down. I put my jacket and my body over them.”

Superintendent Casey Wardynski gives J’Nay Bailey a medal for her bravery.

After the shooting ceased, J’Nay told the sisters, Kenzie and Kalynn Hastie, to run home, go inside, lock their doors and just stay there until their mother came home, according to the school’s principal, Towana Davis.

Kalynn Hastie is Kenzie’s older sister who is in the first grade.

“Her whole thing was to make sure that they were protected,” Davis said.

Davis was not surprised that J’Nay, whom she called an “outstanding student,” had the presence of mind to act swiftly and consider the safety of others.

J’Nay poses with family and school officials, including her mother Valesha Walker (purple shirt) and Principal Towana Davis (blue dress).

J’Nay credits the school’s “Leader in Me” program with giving her the confidence and know-how to display grace under pressure. It teaches students the seven habits of highly successful people, which include being proactive, Davis said.

The drug-related shooting put Montview Elementary on lockdown until the police department let school officials know that the danger had passed.

The city school board honored J’Nay with a certificate for “great courage,” and her actions were covered by local media.

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