will? they helped to a certain extent. they bring us all together. they showed that we are a community and that we are all there for each other and we have a support group. we have such a loving they are hard at the same time because they remind us of what happened and it s hard to see, you know, the faces and hear the names. but it s good to know that we have such a loving community and such a great amount of support from our friends and family and local politicians. brian: lucas, they see these sports teams become like a family. could you talk about your coach s role in that family? feis was pretty much like the dad of our group. he came in outside school, inside of school. he taught us that most of what i know, because i played offensive line. he was my individual coach. he came in to culinary when we were making food. we would always feed him. he was always there when we needed him the most. i think that s why we miss him so much. brian: even graduated from your school, right?
he can t stop them. the only thing he could do is give his life to save others. if he had a gun maybe there would have been a different outcome. brian: lucas, maybe you could help us. we don t understand in terms of the security. what was the security? if i wanted to go in and out of your school, why be stopped? if i m a former student, why be stopped going in and out of the school, lucas? i mean, you would definitely be questioned. i don t know if be there he would definitely be questioned. and if you got. brian: that s how he did it, i guess. steve: tyler, let me ask you this. we appreciate you guys all showing up today, but this has got to be really hard. because you three all knew pretty much everybody who was killed a couple of days ago. how are you doing? i don t know. i m exhausted. i m mentally and physically drained. i haven t been sleeping well, you know.
crying. it was just it crushed us deep down. brian: what did you understand lieu does the coach did. there is shooting going on inside. got the student to safety. what do you understand people told you happened next? pretty much what i have heard is that he saw a bunch of kids running and the gunman looked right at them. he jumped in front of it and supposedly he took 8 bullets. i m not sure if that s true. but is he a hero. steve: yeah, tyler, i have read one story in one of the papers this morning that it sounds like the coach actually jumped on the shooter and may have engaged him like that. of course, it s hard to tell. but where were you, tyler, when the shooting happened and how did you what did you do to try to protect yourselves and stay away from the trouble? i was actually in my coach s office, coach may, the head coach. i was actually talking to a couple recruiting coaches.
that includes nicholas ward a senior with the swimming scholarship to the university of indianapolis. his coach speaking at a vigil last night. his family and is devastated and heart broken to have lost nicholas. he was a happy young man full of joy and life. he was passionate about swimming. he was excited to be going to the indy u to join their swim team. he dreamed of making the olympics swim team and going to the 2020 olympics in tokyo. a go fund me page established for the victims families already raising nearly $660,000. twin brothers, one a former new york city school teacher accused of enlisting students to help build bombs. the fbi arresting christian toro and brother tyler after bomb making manual was found on christian s school issued laptop when he resigned. finding 30 pounds of explosive materials in his apartment. paid two students to break
help. and that s the way to do it. steve: tyler, will and lucas thank you for joining us live. rachel: thank you. thank you. no problem. thank you for having us. rachel: take care, boys. brian: all right. tight team. 19 minutes now before the top of the hour. the football shooter bragged about his love for violence. leaving behind a disturbing digital footprint to prove it so what should you do if you discover posts like this in your school with people you know? rachel: and this tragedy putting the gun control debate at center stage again. is it possible to come to a solution both sides will be okay with? talk about that up next.