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Words we cant adequately communicate how deeply we share their grief. but i think july 20th should never be about -- >> we have just been watching the prayer vigil in colorado just a few hundred yards from where we are right now. we are going back now to the prayer vigil. >> so i am going to ask you to help me here. i am going to call names. i would like after i read each name i would like you each to say together, we will remember. john blunk.

Words we cant adequately communicate how deeply we share their grief. but i think july 20th should never be about -- >> we have just been watching the prayer vigil in colorado just a few hundred yards from where we are right now. we are going back now to the prayer vigil. >> so i am going to ask you to help me here. i am going to call names. i would like after i read each name i would like you each to say together, we will remember. john blunk.

The simple act of going to the movies, but sometimes the real superheroes are not on the big screen. 26-year-old john blunk wanted to become a navy zeal, but his life ended right in the line of fire at home. >> what a great hero he is. he provided me the opportunity to survive. >> reporter: matt mcquinn took a bullet shielding his girlfriend and her brother, 24-year-old alexander tavis was hit has he pushed his girlfriend out of the way. and jesse childress died trying to save a female air force...

12 people killed in the simple act of going to the movies. but sometimes the real super heros arent on the big screen. 26-year-old john blunk wanted to become a navy s.e.a.l., but his life ended in the line of fire right at home. >> what a great hero he is. and like he provided me the opportunity to survive. >> reporter: matt mcquinn took a bullet shielding his girlfriend and her brother. alexander teves was hit as he pushed his gir friend out of the way. and jesse childress died trying to save ...

Military men who fought for their country. john larimer went to the theater early smg and they saw everyone else was wearing costumes. they went to wal-mart and got their own batman costume. when the shooting happened, he put himself in front of julia to protect her. and he took a bullet to the back. listen. >> >> he is just a hero. a couple months ago john told me the reason why he joined the navy was to save lives and protect america and so i think he would be happy by the way he had ended up ...

Words we cant -- we cant adequately communicate how deeply we share their grief. but i think july 20th should never be about remembering this event or the killer. it should be about remembering those individuals, right? about remembering those victims. [ applause ] so im going to ask you to help me here. im going to read 12 names. and id like after i read each name, i would like to say -- id like you to say together, we will remember. john blunk. we will remember.

all the while, remembering the victims. >> this is just an unprecedented, painful chapter in the history of intercollegiate athletics. >> ncaa also saying today, kyra, that everyone needs to be reminded, especially the universities themselves that the presidents and the chancellors are the ones in charge. >> final thought, mark, explain how these penalties are even worse than a death penalty? >> well, you think about the death penalty which the ncaa president mark emmert said was on th...

just before we go back to the memorial service that wrapped up, i want to show you whats happening at the theater. theres a makeshift memorial just across the street from the theater. people are leaving the big memorial service and they are coming here. we have seen members of motorcycle groups. lets pan over because we dont have the camera here. just across the street there they are. people are leaving and coming to this spot to pay tribute to the people who died and also to support e...

police are still investigating and building their case. heres aurora police chief dan oates speaking about that. >> were focusing on anyone that knew him and statements he may have made. >> were building a case to show this is a deliberatetive process by a very intelligent man who wanted to do this. >> reporter: now it wasnt until saturday evening that they were able to clear the apartment and get in there and begin really treating that as a crime scene, get whatever evidence they k th...

that memorial service. before we go back to the memorial service that just wrapped up, i want to show you whats happening here at the theater. theres a makeshift memorial just over my shoulder, which is just across the street from the theater. people are leaving the big memorial service and coming here. we have seen members of motorcycle groups that have surrounded this particular memorial service here. lets just pan over. you can see just across the street there they are. people are l...