he was asked about it today and how strongly he believes and the father who s making that his life s work after losing his daughter to a gunman a little more than a month ago. later, chris mintz and what makes him a hero in the eyes of an awful lot of people around the world tonight.
chris actions were brave and it s something we have seen before. when groups of people are suddenly faced with an unimaginable choice to save yourself or try to help someone else. it s a decision that can happen in a split second. randi kaye reports. reporter: july 20th, 2012 a shooter opens fire inside a movie theater in aurora, colorado. 12 people are killed, three of them die saving others jumping in front of a bullet including jonathan blunk, 26-year-old father of two who served in the navy. he s killed after taking a bullet for his girlfriend. he laid on top of her. he said get down and stay down and pushed me onto the ground on to my belly and he passed away saving my life. he was a true hero. psychology professor says people who risk their lives for others have a certain makeup. you have to be the kind of person whose first impulse is to help and also need to be the kind of person willing to go with your gut. if you re a rational
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yes, whenever i first heard he was there, i kind of had this feeling that maybe he had tried to do something to stop the shooter, just seems like his personality, really. and i mean, this happened on his son s birthday and i know, you next as you said, he apparently was crying out for his son saying it was his son s birthday yesterday. how old is his son? he just turned 6. his name is tyrick, he s super adorable. looks so much just like chris. he looks adorable. maybe has something to do with how strong he was yesterday. i know your family set up a go fund me page and we ll put up that link on our website so people can support chris recovery. thank you so much for taking the time and give you certainly our best wishes to chris and your whole family. thank you so much. it was a pleasure.
talking to us. sorry it s under these circumstances but thanks for being with us, andy parker, thank you. thank you, anderson and just one more thing if i may. if people are tired and sick and worried about dropping their kids off at school or going to a movie theater and wondering if they will come out alive or a journalist just doing their job, they need to join me and every town and fight this fight and you can text now to 877877 to join us. these guys have a 30-year head start on us but we re catching up and we ll make a difference and change things. thank you. andy, appreciate it again, you being with us, thank you. a shooting victim that survived, chris mintz badly wounded trying to help others in yesterday s attacks, shot multiple times. some people are like that. we ve seen it before with their lives in jeopardy, they think of others and he did that from all accounts. it has happened many times and