Results: "I Am The Jewish Nurse, Yes, That Jewish Nurse..."

For days he was only known as "The Jewish Nurse," the man whose compassion captivated the world in the days after the mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh left 11 Jewish people dead. He was the nurse who cared for Robert Bowers, the accused shooter -- the same man who shouted "Death to all Jews" as he was wheeled into the emergency room at Allegheny General Hospital hours after the horrific shooting. Now Ari Mahler, who came forward a week after the attack, shares his story in a powerful social media post. The Facebook post, which has been shared more than 133,000 times as of early Monday, began, "I am The Jewish Nurse." From there, it chronicled how Mahler found empathy for the suspected perpetrator of the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history at a time when the world fixated on his hatred. "Love. That's why I did it," Mahler wrote in the Facebook post. "Love as an action is more powerful than words, and love in the face of evil gives others hope. It demonstrates humanity. It reaffirms why we're all here. … I could care less what Robert Bowers thinks, but you, the person reading this, love is the only message I wish to instill in you." Do you think his message is important to heart at a time like this?

Mahler's story first emerged when Allegheny General Hospital President Jeffrey Cohen, who is also Jewish and a member of Tree of Life Synagogue, told multiple news outlets that a Jewish nurse and Jewish doctor were among the first to treat the suspected shooter, who was injured during a shootout with police. Mahler did not tell Bowers he was Jewish at the time he treated him. "I wanted him to feel compassion. I chose to show him empathy. I felt that the best way to honor his victims was for a Jew to prove him wrong." Do you think you could put personal feelings aside and do what this man did?

There is a quote by Martin Luther King Jr, which says "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Do you believe that this is true?