12 people killed in the simple act of going to the movies. but sometimes the real super heros aren t on the big screen. 26-year-old john blunk wanted to become a navy s.e.a.l., but his life ended in the line of fire right at home. what a great hero he is. and like he provided me the opportunity to survive. reporter: matt mcquinn took a bullet shielding his girlfriend and her brother. alexander teves was hit as he pushed his gir friend out of the way. and jesse childress died trying to save a colleague. friday was alec sullivan s 27th birthday. today would have been his one year wedding anniversary. meantime veronica moser s mother was still in critical condition when she was finally told she ll never see the 6-year-old who loved to play dress up. alexander was secretly engaged to his girl friend. and last night was honored high
military men who fought for their country. john larimer went to the theater early smg and they saw everyone else was wearing costumes. they went to wal-mart and got their own batman costume. when the shooting happened, he put himself in front of julia to protect her. and he took a bullet to the back. listen. he is just a hero. a couple months ago john told me the reason why he joined the navy was to save lives and protect america and so i think he would be happy by the way he had ended up going down, i guess. he is the best person i have ever met. he always puts himself before others and completely selfless. then there is the story of john blunk. he is the father of two from a previous relationship and he brought his girlfriend to celebrate her graduation from veterinary school. during the shooting, he pushed her to the ground and covered her with his 6 2 frame to protect her. he did and he died.
words we can t we can t adequately communicate how deeply we share their grief. but i think july 20th should never be about remembering this event or the killer. it should be about remembering those individuals, right? about remembering those victims. [ applause ] so i m going to ask you to help me here. i m going to read 12 names. and i d like after i read each name, i would like to say i d like you to say together, we will remember. john blunk. we will remember.
all the while, remembering the victims. this is just an unprecedented, painful chapter in the history of intercollegiate athletics. ncaa also saying today, kyra, that everyone needs to be reminded, especially the universities themselves that the presidents and the chancellors are the ones in charge. final thought, mark, explain how these penalties are even worse than a death penalty? well, you think about the death penalty which the ncaa president mark emmert said was on the table, it was being considered. the death penalty, of course, being the football program being banished. disappearing for a while. he said, though, the sanctions here needed to reflect a change of the culture. he said, in addition to that, they do not want to bring harm to those that had nothing to do with the jerry sandusky case. so, it s a sense of moving on. but, yes, this university has been hit hard over these past three months. they hit even harder today, kyra. mark mckay, thanks so much.
just before we go back to the memorial service that wrapped up, i want to show you what s happening at the theater. there s a makeshift memorial just across the street from the theater. people are leaving the big memorial service and they are coming here. we have seen members of motorcycle groups. let s pan over because we don t have the camera here. just across the street there they are. people are leaving and coming to this spot to pay tribute to the people who died and also to support each other. so the main memorial. the service may be over, but this is serving as a memorial where the people of aurora will get together for days to come here. let s go back to the service that just wrapped up. you were there, you experienced it, it was very emotional. looking at the pictures of the people who survived the shooting, you couldn t help your heart couldn t help but breaking by watching those people because they were crying but comforted by the folks around them. when you se