Stay updated with breaking news from City of heroes. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Result. the true character of her city is going to rest with the public, citizens in our neighbors. untruth that we share borders with. the governor just mentioned there was an outpouring of love, empathy and willingness to help, there is no question for reservation. let me just say this and i will be brief, there is one thing that is most evident that has come about we in virginia beach are a city of heroes. we have heroes with our milita military, we have many members of our public help to save lives but most of all let me commend the officers, the people that rain into a building with active shooter shooting 45 caliber bullets and saved many people. ....
Bullets and saved many people. without doubt, question or reservation, virginia beach is a city of heroes. and the strength of virginia beach are the people of virginia. and there s no doubt that going forward that we will define ourselves as the city with love and compassion for those neighbors that we lost. and their families. and we re not going to just do this over the next couple of weeks. this is going to be a long-term thing. this is virginia beach. thank you. and at this point, i d like to bring up chief cervera. from the police end, we do not have a lot of additional information to give at this time ....
You know, we got a city that we are proud of and the other thing is too we are a city of heroes. when you think about the military that s here, you know, we have a life saving award that we give out periodically, the average citizen that just saves lives because a lot of times the average citizen is the first responder. but, you know, when you talk about the four officers that went in, imagine getting a call like that and having to go into a building with an active shooter who is actively shooting. reporter: and by all accounts they did not hesitate for a moment. we know that there also had been an active shooter training the day before. we are waiting on the full timeline from the city before the investigation, but to your point one went right in. one took a bullet and was saved by his bullet proof vest. you have a number of times in the last 24 hours talked about how it is because of those four officers who went in that this death toll is not higher. well, you know, it speaks hig ....
Do it. we can t let them win, if we don t get back into it, you know what i mean? i would hope the marathon goes on next year and all the events future from here in boston go on. we re not going to let them win, you know? simple as that. this city has been struck and the people have been struck but i think that the people are holding together. people are going to get through this together, as community. it will be interesting to see how long before we get back to where we were. maybe we won t. maybe this will change us forever, you know. the more these kind of horror situations happen, evil hits, but good rises. i m proud to live in a city of heroes with all of the police, the fire, the health care, the civilians, everybody making what happened the miracle that happened that, you know, happened as far as saving so many. just happened to be in a really bad situation, but you were there. you were put there for a reason and you had the knowledge and you know, the guts or whatever yo ....
This together. as community. maybe this will change us forever. evil hit, but good rises. i m proud to live in a city of heroes with all of the police, the fire, the health care, the civilians, everybody making what happened, the miracle that happened, as far as saving so many. we just happen today be in a really bad situation. but you were there. you were put there for a reason and you know, the guts or whatever you want to call it, to run in there and make a difference. i don t want that to be the end. i m only 32. i don t want this to be the end. so whether it s, you know, running the marathon or walking the marathon or crawling the marathon and being the last one across, i m okay with that. i didn t say i d win it. but i m defiant and i want to come out stronger. ....