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On the recordJuly 26, 2012
I would just mention the story, and this is one that I'm so proud of people from Colorado. There were two young women in the back of the theater when the gentleman came in and threw a tear gas canister across the theater. And the taller of the two noticed that it really was something other than a smoke bomb and a stunt, and she stood up to warn people, and she was shot in the neck immediately. Blood started to spurt out. Her smaller friend pulled her down, compressed that wound, and the older one said something, or the one who'd been shot said something like you need to leave, you need to get out of here. And her friend said, I'm not leaving without you, and continued to press. The police responded very quickly, but it probably seemed like an eternity. But the young lady who was shot in the neck is on the mend and is going to recover fully, and her friend, basically, saved her life, and the quick actions of the police and the fire department. So despite these terrible losses that we've suffered, and there are so many heartbreaking stories, there are some heartwarming stories as well. With that, I reserve the balance of my time.…
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Ed Perlmutter
Democratic · Colorado
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Jul 26, 2012

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