https://nypost.com/2019/05/09/teen-...says-gunman-didnt-know-what-the-hell-hit-him/
Brendan Bialy, the aspiring Marine who
jumped into action during the
Colorado school shooting, said he desperately pumped the chest of his fallen friend after they tackled one of the attackers.
Despite his efforts,
18-year-old Kendrick Castillo diedafter throwing himself on the shooter at STEM School Highlands Ranch on Tuesday.
Another heroic student, Joshua Jones, suffered two gunshot wounds during the scuffle and is recovering at home.
Bialy, 18, told a packed news conference Wednesday that he felt “absolute fear” at first — but then rushed to help his two classmates subdue the shooter in their 12th-grade English class,
according to the Denver Post.
“I don’t like the idea of running and hiding,” he said. “Kendrick Castillo died a legend. He died a trouper. He got his ticket to Valhalla, and I know he will be with me for the rest of my life.”
Castillo reacted with no hesitation, lunging at the shooter “like a bowling ball,” he said.
“The gunman was there, then he was against the wall, and he didn’t know what the hell hit him,” said Bialy, who managed to dislodge the shooter’s gun after he got off a couple of shots.
Bialy said he personally knew the attacker, but declined to identify which of the two STEM School shooting suspects it was.
The young man, who joined the Marine Corps Delayed Entry Program, is scheduled to report to recruit training this summer.