she told a reporter, he took a bullet for me, and then there s alex with his girlfriend amanda, and the stories go on and on, the stories of heroism. you know, and he had just finished graduate school and they d been dating for a year. 24 years old. and there was one more, i guess we don t have a picture, but i believe the guy s name is jason nowlan, i believe it s spelled, went to the movie with two friends and threw the two friends on the ground, a former navy if i m not mistaken, shot through the leg, onto the arm, broke his army, and saving their lives, he literally said he was the next shot again when the gun jammed. and he s positive he would be dead if the gunman didn t jam. the stories of heroism. there are people who are alive because these guys used their bodies as shields to protect the people they loved. alisyn: so we have more stories like that for you throughout the morning, in the meantime, we have other news
the local authorities and federal authorities used to get around the booby traps, the meant went through the window. you saw at that video, them working through the video and they used robots to go inside instead of a person at risk and they used water not only to surround explosives, but used a water blast to short out that main control panel. ultimately, there was a point where the situation was deemed safe enough where people could go inside and gather up some of the rigged explosives. some of those were fireworks rigged specially picked up and put into a dump truck filled with sand and driven to a remote location south of aurora here. and ultimately, those fireworks, the other type of makeshift explosives, were destroyed in a controlled manner. and then the evidence started coming out of the apartment. about 8 p.m. local time people saw laptop computer and a hard drive come out of this apartment and that should prove to be a treasure trove in terms of evidence. diaries th
tens of thousands on weapons and gear. and analysts are weighing in before his first court appearance tomorrow morning. fox & friends starts right about now. good morning, everybody, thanks for waking up early with us, and joining us, steve doocy is in for dave briggs on vacation and eric bolling for clayton morris on vacation. it s a someone that everyone is watching. alisyn: we re beginning with new details the death trap inside james holmes apartment. dozens of sophisticated homemade bombs police say were set up for one reason and one reason alone. make no mistakes, okay, this apartment was designed, based on everything i ve seen to kill whoever entered, and if you think we re angry, we re sure as hell angry. so are we. mike tobin joins us from outside the apartment building in aurora, colorado. mike, it s the last couple of hours, people got the all-clear and able to move back into the area. it s remarkable. the people that went about their lives, and the