who was pivotal here. wcia walks us through it. >> reporter: shots rang through an indiana middle school friday morning. police say jason seaman was giving a test to his seventh grade science class. the shooter asked to be excused. when he came back, he had two handguns and started firing. he shot a 13-year-old girl. a student in the class said seaman threw a basketball at the shooter's forehead, swatted the gun out of his hands, and tax emed him through a storage room. -- tackled him through a storage room. he told students to run and call 911. >> if there's a guy you was on your side, in the trenches with you, it was jason. >> hear he -- to hear he was the one, a hero, doesn't surprise me a bit. that's something jason would do. >> reporter: hero, the name seaman's been given nationwide. people know him as a husband, a dad, and a great man. >> he was a great teammate, great leader. he made everything fun.