she refuses all attempts to call her a hero. nonetheless this afternoon patricia maisch got a phone call from the president of the united states. our fourth story, she and several other extraordinary citizens literally stopped jared loughner's terror attack from being far worse even than the nightmare it has turned out to be. she joins us in a moment. we'll let her describe this herself. she was at that congress on your corner event in tucson on saturday for its intended purpose and then the unbelievable happened. when president obama spoke of the tragedy today he talked about the people who kept it from getting worse. >> i think it's important for us to also focus, though, on the extraordinary courage that was shown during the course of these events. part of what i think that speaks to is the best of america. even in the face of such mindless violence. >> joining me now as promised patricia maisch. great thanks for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> just to start this interview