Of everything that i saw and heard today. i had a chance just now about five minutes ago with visit with aly young, aly is 19 years old. and i also had a chance to visit with aly s best friend, stephanie daveys who s 21. stephanie was actually down stairs with aly, as well as aly s parents when i walked in to the room. and i don t think this story s been heard, at least i hadn t read it yet but i wanted to share it with you. when the gunman initially came in and threw the canisters, he threw them only a few feet away from aly and stephanie who were sitting there watching the film. aly stood up, saying that she might need to do something or at least warn the other people who were there.
The theater, stephanie then with the help of several others carries aly across two parking lots to where the ambulance is waiting. and because of stephanie s timely actions, i just had a conversation with aly downstairs and she is going to be fine. i don t know how many people at any age would have the presence of mind that stephanie did. or the courage that aly showed. and so, as tragic as the circumstances of what we have seen today are, as heart breaking as it is for the families, it s worth us spending most of our time reflecting on young americans like aly and