that she had on. reporter: fierro was at the club with friends, his wife, his daughter, his daughter s boyfriend. i tried, i tried for everybody in there. i still feel bad, five people there s five people that didn t go home and this [ bleep ] i told him while i was hitting him, i said i ll kill you man, because you tried to kill my friends, my family was in there. reporter: survivor barry hudson tells cnn he sustained seven gunshot wounds during the shooting. i got shot. i knew i got shot a few times. i fell down, he proceeded to shoot me. i got back up. i made it out of the back of the club. i d been shot seven times, or seven times by now, i got really, really lucky. and i don t know why i m still
could have asked for. ashley paugh s family said she had a huge heart and was big on family. kelly loving s sister says she was a wonderful person, caring and sweet, and friends of raymond green vance said he would go out of his way to help anyone. the father of raymond s girlfriend was at the club that night and helped to take down the gunman. richard fierro spoke with cnn about those terrifying moments. i lost my kid s boyfriend. i tried. i tried everybody in there, i still feel bad that there s five people there s five people that didn t go home and this [ bleep ] guy, this guy i told him while i was hitting him i said i m going to kill you, man, because you tried to kill my [ bleep ] friends. my family was in there. imagine what he was asked to do. let s begin this morning with cnn correspondent rosa flores,
but we have learned a lot. learned a lot through halting, tearful interviews with the people who made it out of that nightclub with their lives intact though forever scarred. richard fiero shrugs off the title but this is what a hero looks like. he went to the ground, first rifle pop before making a 20 yard dash straight for the shooter, pulling him down and separating him from his ar-15. last night on cnn fierro recounteding his attempt to stop the slaughter. i had to protect my kid. i lost my kid s boyfriend. i tried. i tried for everybody in there. i feel bad some people five people that didn t go home. and this [bleep] this guy, i told him while i was hitting him, i said i m going to kill you man, because you tried to kill my friends, my family was
i don t want to ever do that. i didn t even retire because i was just done doing this stuff. it was too much. and i m it came in handy. and i got to protect my kid. i lost my kid s boyfriend. i tried. i tried to help everybody in there. i still feel bad that people that there are five people that didn t go home. and [ bleep ], this guy, i told him while i was hitting him, i going to kill you because you tried to kill my friends. my family was in there. my little gird was in there. we re so sorry for the loss that you and your family have gone through. for the loss of your daughter s boyfriend and we re so sorry for your two friends that are still recovering in there. and i can t imagine going through what you and your family does. even with your training, your training was for war zones. you trained to do that in
i lost my kid s boyfriend. i tried. i tried for everybody in there. i still feel badly that some people some people didn t go home. and this guy, this guy, i told him you killed my friends, my family was in there. as soon as i got done with that guy and the cop came in, i went across the room and started first aid with my friend who was shot in the chest and the legs and the arms. and i told joanne, stay with me, look me in the eye, stay with me. and i moved her head so she wouldn t see him because he was shot. and she was right there, her husband reaching for her. so i put her hand in his hand so that they could be together. i didn t know if they were going to make it.