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Life. we will honor you by living our lives a little better. today we'll also want to remember those other heroes. you know, in the past 72 hours going through the hospitals, i have met individuals and families from indonesia, from connecticut, from new jersey, louisiana, jordan, texas. and to a person these wounded want to stay in colorado. again and again, we heard that they would not be defined by this event. we have learned again about the kindness of strangers. a young man named pierce who had

I had six members of my church in that theater. and those six members survived. five of those members -- amen? five of those members were in theater one because of the overflow of theater nine. but a young man who just graduated from high school and going off to college, jarell sankstera and his girlfriend jordan were in third row center in theater nine. it's the grace of god that they got out of there alive. [ applause ] and i want to tell you that

I have six members of my church in that leet theater. those six members survived. five of those members were in theater 1 because of the overflow of theater 9. but a young man who just graduated from high school and going off to college, jerrell and his girlfriend jordan were in the third row center in theater 9. it's the grace of god that they got out of there alive. and i want to tell you that their parents, jerrell's parents

>> thank you, mayor hogan. that was beautiful. and i know that you have had as little sleep as i have. it makes it all the more impressive. colorado's a good place filled with good peoplement . as you said, we will not -- we refuse to even allow our state, our communities to be defined by irrational, senseless violence. the great thinker and holocaust survivor victor frank, a man who certainly faced deep loss, said, if there's meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.

With each of the weapons, ar 15, the shot guns, at one point he said, the outpouring of light and love is so much more powerful than any darkness. (applause) or a young man named terry 20 years old who described having four complete strangers lifting up off of the pavement where he was literally screaming and carrying him to the safety of grass. after they picked him up and got him over a young women another stranger took off her belt and tied his leg as a tourniquet.