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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts) Sat Oct 19, 2019, 01:11 PM Oct 2019

Video shows Oregon coach disarming student then embracing him before police arrive (WOW!)

https://abcnews.go.com/US/video-shows-oregon-coach-disarming-student-embracing-police/story?id=66389192&cid=social_twitter_abcn

Stunning surveillance footage captured the moment a high school coach in Oregon disarmed a student with a shotgun and then held him in his arms.

Keanon Lowe, a football and track and field coach at Parkrose High School, can be seen walking through the hallways and entering a classroom on May 17.

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Video shows Oregon coach disarming student then embracing him before police arrive (WOW!) (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Oct 2019 OP

I would never have thought I'd say this about a kid who brings a gun to school renate Oct 2019 #1

Keanon was a football star at University of Oregon. Grasswire2 Oct 2019 #2

well im in tears... samnsara Oct 2019 #3

Kudos to the kid who took the gun gristy Oct 2019 #4

renate

(13,776 posts)

1. I would never have thought I'd say this about a kid who brings a gun to school

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 01:22 PM

Oct 2019

Poor kid.

It just had a single round and he never pointed it at anyone else.

What a brave and heroic man who saved his life with such compassion.

Grasswire2

(13,565 posts)

2. Keanon was a football star at University of Oregon.

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 01:24 PM

Oct 2019

His state is proud of him doubly.

samnsara

(17,604 posts)

3. well im in tears...

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 01:26 PM

Oct 2019

gristy

(10,667 posts)

4. Kudos to the kid who took the gun

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 01:43 PM

Oct 2019

He ran away when he first saw the gun, but watched from the door and when he saw what was developing he ran back toward danger and took the gun!!!!

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