he was seen holding the door open for other students to enter for safety. on that fateful day, we lost coach feis, a football coach, a security guard, a hero, and a role model to his town. he was seen sacrificing his life so another could live another day. on that fateful day we lost coach hixon, our wrestling coach, a security guard, and to me a hero. he was seen leaving the auditorium to check the others well being because he put others lives before his. on that day we lost nicholas dworte captain of the swim team and a hero. and to be olympian. nicholas dworet was seen pushing another student out of the way when the terrorist shot into his classroom. i do not want to remember nicholas dworet as the man who met his death too early because to me nicholas was a friend and my captain. he was the heart and soul of
columbine, the 26 dead in sandy hook, the 50 dead in orlando, the 59 dead in las vegas. for the good of the students, the parents, the family and the country, we beg for common sense laws that would prevent a terrorist, because that s what he is, a terrorist who invoked terror upon students and everyone upon the nation, to prevent someone like him from ever holding a gun ever again. on that fateful day of the douglas massacre, we lost our future. in those lives lost lays the future of our country. on that fateful day we lost peter wang, a jrotc member and hero. he was seen holding the door open for other students to enter for safety. on that fateful day we lost coach feis, a football coach, security guard, hero and role model to his child. he was seen sacrificing his life
event. and over the weekend, there was a combine for football players here, a chance to get a scholarship and move on to college. these kids had a choice to make about whether or not to go out there and try to do this after the week that they had had. they made the decision the night before saying this is what coach feis would have wanted. coach feis would have been with you here today. coach feis was where we were. if we were sr., he was there. rob: not having him here, it looks like from what i saw you guys still played your hearts out on this field here. i think these guys knew that s what he would want them to do. he would want them to come out and ball out and give everything you h not only just for ourselves but to support douglas high school. and our whole community. we re not going to quit. we re not going to lay down. we re going to stay strong and we re going to keep doing what we do. rob: how proud o are you of these kids?
them to do, you know, he would want them to come out and like you would say ball-out and give everything you had not only just for ourselves but support douglas high school and our whole community, we are not going quit, we are not going to lay down, we are going to stay strong and keep doing what we do. rob: how proud of you are of these kids? oh, my lord. i can t tell you how proud i am, it s hard for them to come out here. everyone in the program is one, it s a family. they came out here and made not only themselves proud but our school proud. rob: coach feis, tell me something you loved about him. great guy and cared about everyone and everything. i don t know, i m honestly speechless by everything, shock. we expected him to go back but he s not going to be there. this is my outlet right here. we have strong young men around us and we have to keep
several hit the field to honor feis memory, our own rob schmitt spoke to the team about football event and coach s legacy, rob, good morning again. rob: sounds like he was a great guy. good morning to you guys, it was their friend, assistant football coach aaron feis died a hero throwing his body in front of students trying to protect them from the bullets but this weekend there was a combine in an effort to get kids scholarships to get them to go college and students had choice to make of whether or not to attend and decided to do so because that s what their assistant coach would have wanted him to do. coach feis is everywhere we were. if we were somewhere, he was there. not having him here, it looks like from what i saw you guys still played your hearts out on the field. i think these guys knew that s what he would want