away. in his first television interview, the woman patricia maisch told me that s not what happened. i was not injured, not shot. the lady next to me was shot. i was down on the ground and instead of running away and two heroes knocked him to the ground right in front of me, and then someone yelled, get the gun. i knelt up over him and the gun was too far, but as the other gentleman was grabbing the gun. he was pulling a magazine outs of his pocket and i managed to hit the magazine. so unfortunately, the sheriff has gotten it a bit wrong, but the magazine was secured. i m not the hero, the two gentlemen that secured him to the ground are the heroes. shepard: we spoke with one of them. we spoke with one of them yesterday and one of them spoke very highly about you, ms. maisch and i d like to back up if you don t mind for just a moment. did you go to hear the congress woman? was that your specific or just going to the grocery store?
two heroes, knocked to the ground in front of me, and then someone yelled get the gun. i knelt up over him and the gun was too far, but the other gentleman was grabbing the gun, he was putting a magazine out of his pocket and i manted to hit the magazine. so unfortunately the sheriff has gotten it a bit wrong, but the magazine was secured. i m not the hero, the two gentlemen that got him to the ground are. we spoke with one of them yesterday and one of them spoke very highly about you, ms. maisch. and i d like to back up. did you go to hear the congress woman was that your specific or go to the grocery store. i went to see gabrielle. as you arrived had you been able to speak with her before the shooting began or never had your chance. i never had a chance.
with what appears to be loughner s signature. where would you see the defense going in this case? what does an attorney do? i think you re right. i think the evidence is pretty overwhelming. perhaps the best chance that a defense attorney would have here is avoiding the death penalty. you can do that at different stages of the process. there s a department as to whether or not to seek the death penalty. maybe you start by making a pitch to the department of justice that this guy really had mental issues and he s not wholly responsible for his action, a mitigating factor is that he was mentally unstable. i think that s probably your best shot here. thank you so much for coming in. thank you. patricia maisch thought it was just an ordinary saturday. she had heard her congresswoman was going to be at a nearby grocery store. little did she know what she was walking into. now patricia is being hailed as one of the heroes who stopped
megyn: when jared loughner charged the crowd in tucson one ever the people standing there was patricia maisch. when the gun jammed patricia maisch who was on the ground amist the carnage leaned down and snatched the magazine out of the gunman s hands while he was trying to reload. she is one of the heros, three in particular, but there are many, who helped save lives saturday. she is my guest now. thanks so much for being here with us. there had been reports that you too had been shot, happily you are not among the victims. take us through saturday morning, if you will. you showed up to meet your congresswoman, gabrielle giffords, outside the safeway,
and joe is case in point, a man who carried the gun you, backing inside the walgreens and walked by the congress on the corner event and walked into walgreens, buying cigarettes and heard the gun shots and he said it was a distinctive pop, pop, pop! and what he did next was took the safety off of his gun, and, ran out, he was one of the men who tackled jared loughner. listen: i put my legs behind his knees and, my arm went to the small of his back and another guy was stepping on his neck and people had his neck. he wasn t moving. we need to react as americans and need to not be afraid. reporter: remember the story, jared loughner went through an entire magazine, 31 shots and tried to reload and when he tried to reload, that is when 61-year-old patricia maisch jumped into action. she tried to reach for the gun and couldn t reach it and she went after the magazine, listen: