CNNW CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow August 23, 2015
Reporters how they saw a man with a rifle and just jumped into action. Its kind of a long story, but i kind of just woke up from the middle of a deep sleep and my friend anthony alek was sitting next to me, anthony was to my right side. I saw what looked to be a ak47. It was jammed or wasnt working, he was trying to charge the weapon, he hit me on the shoulder, said lets go. Ran down, tackled him, we hit the ground, alek came up and grabbed the gun out of his hand while i put him in a chokehold....
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