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Survivor grazed by bullet during downtown Orlando mass shooting shares near-death experience
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A survivor of the downtown Orlando mass shooting shared his near-death experience on Friday after he was grazed by a bullet in the head. The survivor, 20-year-old Anthony Berry, said he went downtown with his friends to have a good time when a man started getting aggressive and pushing them. He thought he saw the man pull out a gun and ducked when he heard shots.He then said he felt some heat on his head and saw a flash – a bullet had grazed the front of his head.”What I did see was him pull it out. Pow! Before the ‘pow,’ I already ducked. So I crouched, still facing towards him… Boom! Feel it, you feel it instantly, guys… I felt the blood, and then that’s when I covered the wound,” Berry said. “I did hear a couple of gunshots right after, and that’s when the crowd started running the opposite way. I followed the crowd and got low,” he said. Berry is studying to be an emergency medical technician at Valencia College, which is why he knew what to do.”I just went over trauma assessment,” Berry said. So I had my shirt just covered it, grabbed it, held the wound. I know it was bleeding profusely. Then followed the crowd. Ran and get low that’s what we did,”He found the fire department and was taken to ORMC. He got six staples and six stitches. His doctor said a few centimeters difference and things would have ended very differently for Berry.”Thank god just for the opportunity just to live life,” Berry said.More: Orlando mayor issues curfew, early end to alcohol sales for businesses near downtown mass shooting His doctor spoke at the hospital Friday. You can watch the full conference below:
A survivor of the downtown Orlando mass shooting shared his near-death experience on Friday after he was grazed by a bullet in the head.
The survivor, 20-year-old Anthony Berry, said he went downtown with his friends to have a good time when a man started getting aggressive and pushing them.
He thought he saw the man pull out a gun and ducked when he heard shots.
He then said he felt some heat on his head and saw a flash – a bullet had grazed the front of his head.
“What I did see was him pull it out. Pow! Before the ‘pow,’ I already ducked. So I crouched, still facing towards him… Boom! Feel it, you feel it instantly, guys… I felt the blood, and then that’s when I covered the wound,” Berry said.
“I did hear a couple of gunshots right after, and that’s when the crowd started running the opposite way. I followed the crowd and got low,” he said.
Berry is studying to be an emergency medical technician at Valencia College, which is why he knew what to do.
“I just went over trauma assessment,” Berry said. So I had my shirt just covered it, grabbed it, held the wound. I know it was bleeding profusely. Then followed the crowd. Ran and get low that’s what we did,”
He found the fire department and was taken to ORMC. He got six staples and six stitches.
His doctor said a few centimeters difference and things would have ended very differently for Berry.
“Thank god just for the opportunity just to live life,” Berry said.
More: Orlando mayor issues curfew, early end to alcohol sales for businesses near downtown mass shooting
His doctor spoke at the hospital Friday. You can watch the full conference below:
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