Fsu student jason derfuss saved by book bag in campus shooting. Student says library books stopped a bullet during the fsu. Bag full of books stops random bullet fired at university. Florida airport shooting survivors laptop stopped shooter.
Shooting survivor samantha grady recalls the moments when a gunman opened fire at her florida school, killing at least 17 people, including her best friend. Book stopped bullet in deadly fsu shooting, survivor jason derfuss says photos. Florida shooting survivor recovers from three magical. Gunman identified in fsu library shooting that wounded three. An fsu student survived this mornings campus shooting after a. Book stopped bullet in deadly fsu shooting, survivor jason. Jason derfuss, a student at florida state university, said he is lucky to be alive after. Fsu student saved by a book fsu student jason derfuss survived a campus shooting after a bullet intended for him lodged in a book he was carrying in his backpack. Bullet intended for florida state university student stopped by borrowed books. There were bullet holes everywhere just before wrapping up his final class of the day, student matthew walker heard the sound of rapid gunfire outside his classroom at stoneman douglas high school. An evening of healing, unifying and enacting change, featuring guest speaker brandon wolf, a pulse shooting survivor, and florida rep. A survivor of the sutherland springs shooting recounts his. Bullet intended for florida state university student. Jason derfuss, an fsu student, posted photos online the showed a bullet that went through his backpack and was stopped only by a couple of books that he had just checked out for a research project.
He told them about the first bullet, which paralyzed him from the waist. Fsu students textbook stops library gunmans bullet new york post. Friends came, but they were awkward, some in hysterics, and ronny realized he would have to be their guide. Fsu shooters life unravels, ends in violent tragedy. A bullet with a florida state university students name on it was stopped by several books in his backpack before coming to rest in a manuscript on the 14th century theologian john wycliffe. Ap definitive source ap images spotlight ap explore ap books. Students and faculty at florida state university react to shooting at strozier library. Tech survivor being poisoned by bullet fragments left behind i survived the shooting at virginia tech in 2007, and now im having to survive it again in 2019, in. Fsu students gather for vigil after shooting rocks campus. Kent state university student dean kahler, who was paralyzed from the waist down by a national guardsmans bullet on may 4, leads a candlelight procession in september 1970.
Published on nov 21, 2014 florida state university student jason derfuss life was saved when a bullet lodged in books he was carrying during wednesday nights shooting. Myronmay,strozier,fsu,library,shooting,tallahasseepolice. Florida state student saved by books during library shooting. Florida shooting survivor recovers from three magical bullet holes. Tech shooting with other incidents in which mass shootings have been ended by. Florida shooting survivor kyle laman says single bullet. An fsu student survived this mornings campus shooting after a bullet apparently meant for him was stopped by books in his backpack. Fsu student jason derfuss says these bulletriddled books. A florida state university student recalls the terrifying moments when a gunman opened fire on campus on thursday morning. Inside the fsu library during the school shooting 3 wounded, suspected gunman dead after shooting on florida state university campus. Cheryl thomas im a survivor interview 2018 hd oxygen tv network duration. Ronny took the brunt of the attack, enduring multiple bullet wounds that thrust him into critical condition, leaving him with a shattered right arm.
Andrew cuomo listens as aalayah eastmond, a student at marjory stoneman douglas high school, in parkland, fla. Books in backpack stop fsu gunmans first bullet usa today. Blair stokes, a senior at florida state university, was cramming for a class project at the campus library early thursday morning when another student told her a gunman was shooting people on the. Teenage survivor says hes quitting facebook because of death threats from nra cultists. Florida state senior jason derfuss was leaving the strozier library after checking out books just after midnight thursday, when he heard the. The florida state university puerto rican student association will host one pulse.
Malala yousafzai up for nobel peace prize as her book recounting taliban attack hits shelves i have a little bit dreams like somebodys coming and shoot me not shoot me, shooting my friend. Campus unites after fsu library horror tallahassee democrat. Police say myron deshawn may, a 31yearold attorney and fsu graduate, opened fire and shot three people thursday at the entrance of strozier library. Fsu shooting survivor says book stopped bullet on air. Myron may, fsu shooting suspect, apparently sent packages.
He was about 5 feet from me, but he hit my books, derfuss wrote on facebook about the shooter. The event will serve as an opportunity for students. Trump tweets parkland student was given scripted town hall. A shooting survivor from last weeks devastating attack on a south florida high school claimed wednesday that cnn scripted questions for students during its town hall event. Jason derfuss says he found bullet holes in books that were in the bag he was.
Fsu students books saved him from shooters bullets. Florida state university student shows off book that stopped myron. Prince william says fatherhood brought back grief of princess dianas death. Tallahassee police department releases video from dashcams and. Fsu to host event in memory of pulse shooting florida. He told them about the second, which collapsed his lung, broke two ribs, damaged the nerves in his right hand and stopped just before his. A student who survived the florida shooting wants you to see how a single ar15 bullet butchered his foot. Students books stop deadly bullet nbc news duration. Fsu students gather for vigil after shooting rocks campus tallahassee hundreds of students gathered for a fourth prayer vigil at fsu since a shooting rocked the campus thursday morning.
Florida state university grad myron may, who injured 3 in shooting at college library, was in state of crisis. Library books save student by stopping bullet during fsu shooting the florida state university marching chiefs play during the gathering of unity candlelight vigil on campus after the shooting of three fsu students earlier in the day on. Derfuss shared photos of his book and backpack, which he says saved his life. Books save apopka student in fsu shootings that left.
A florida state university student is crediting library books one on. Fsu student jason derfuss saved by book bag in campus shooting jason derfuss, a student at florida state university, said he is lucky to be alive after his backpack full of books stopped a bullet. Surveillance video from fsu library shooting released youtube. Four people were in the house at the time of the driveby shooting, police spokesman rhonda scott said, and police found a 22caliber rifle and bullets when they stopped moore and malone. Fsu students textbook stops library gunmans bullet. Student saved by library books that stopped bullet in fsu. Derfuss told the tallahassee democrat that he handed over the books, bag, and slug over to police, but a department spokesperson declined to confirm or deny that it spoke with the student. Book stopped bullet in deadly fsu shooting, survivor jason derfuss says photos by sebastian murdock a florida state university student said he narrowly escaped injury when a gunman shot at him early thursday morning, the suspects bullet hitting his backpack and lodging into a book.
Gunman killed, 3 students wounded in fsu campus shooting. Book stopped bullet in deadly fsu shooting, survivor says. Fsu shooting survivor saved by book bag abc7 chicago. A florida state university student said he narrowly escaped injury when a gunman shot at him early thursday morning, the suspects. Nearly two months after the parkland school shooting, images haunt the marjory stoneman douglas high students and teachers who were inside the rooms ambushed that day. An fsu student found bullets lodged in his library books following the campus shooting on wednesday night. Fsu student survives shooting after bullet lodges in books. I learned this about 3 hours after it happened, i never thought to check.
Images from the facebook page of jason derfuss, who writes his book bag saved his life during the shooting at florida state university on thursday, november 20, 2014. Fsu shooter went from liked to troubled florida state graduate myron may seemed to change from a wellliked young attorney to wouldbe killer in a matter of months, stopped only by a fusillade of. Jason derfuss said he later realized the books in his backpack stopped. Erin sheehan, an eyewitness and survivor who had been in room 207, told. Malala yousafzais friends wounded in taliban attack. June 29, 2011 danziger bridge police shooting survivor says there was no warning or provocation by laura maggi and brendan mccarthy, timespicayune jose holmes jr. The actions of a 33yearold man may have stopped further carnage friday night after a gunman opened fire at a hot yoga studio in tallahassee, florida ultimately killing two women and shooting. Books save apopka student in fsu shootings that left gunman dead, 3 hurt. Students wrote their names on whiteboards during the shooting. Florida state university grad myron may, who injured 3 in. Fsu school shooting survivor, not your average student. The gun went off two times and the student who was shot.
The campus was under lockdown after the shooting, fsu students said. A survivor of the sutherland springs shooting recounts his trauma and recovery its been the best year of my life, says a survivor of last years texas mass shooting. One of the bullets ended up being lodged in one of the pages of a book. It hit just so through the open backpack, frappier said, adding that the bullet exited, ran through the laptop and the casing and landed in an interior pocket of the backpack, according to cnn.
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