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Massacre survivor just happy to be alive

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    Colorado shooting survivor describes events that led to terrifying ordeal

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Twelve people murdered in Friday's shooting Rampage in a dark movie theater here in Colorado 58 others wounded and now the survivors are telling their terrifying stories.

What was it really like inside that movie theater.

-- And it's not you know an annual.

Yet he's about you guys got it.

Bunny -- food show and Elizabeth summer I'll -- two of the lucky ones they've made it out alive.

Bonnie Casey was shot in the leg almost losing her leg -- Jenkins spoke with a two friends in the hospital.

Honey -- and listening -- two friends headed back to Louisiana from Washington State stepped up for me being -- who would have -- Elizabeth.

While we decided spontaneously that we're gonna go see the premiere at -- man.

And certainly gotten the courage -- -- and gotten the theater was packed we actually Providence -- thought about setting lower and then.

-- -- empty -- stop her personally have moved up there.

It's about fifteen minutes into the movie.

And we saw it looks like a little smoke bomb go over to the side and -- decide I give us some ridiculous Canada's you know -- -- -- smoke -- and -- her little pops and I thought -- it's just firecrackers or something I don't know what's going on.

And then her people start to shrinking.

And running and heard it continue to fire and thought okay this is something serious.

So -- can actually pull me down and we just got behind the seats and just for like on her knees crouched down and praying.

Whom -- -- please save us and protect our lives in.

-- for a long time lots and lots of shots and there's kind of a moment when it stopped.

You know I remember thinking -- -- Iran is ceasing their begun this you can choose again Mike we're gonna make ourselves targets that's -- need to go sickening ever personally ran.

Up and I didn't even realize that she was injured she hadn't said anything and literally like we stepped out of the island she was like a mom wishes just pushed past -- -- couldn't even get to our.

I kind of saw her stumble and thought its managers mister.

And we made out -- -- caught turnarounds that she was leaning on somebody.

And send her -- -- hurts -- shot in the lake.

And so then I got prior to try and help Byrd went to the cars can't I can't make him so we Saturn down on the concrete and I'm looking -- -- By -- -- you're one tough young lady hey Dylan.

The type in your parents who say here pretty strong lady and you've had some pretty extensive damage.

Mom.

What was your recollections when you know -- looked back on and and and had to think about what happens between take me back as best you can.

My.

Home.

When am friendly back and think about all that happens I'm just.

Overwhelmed with this and how.

Near god was not just totally.

Tell -- these scenes the case.

Michael is this isn't where it down on the fort -- was kind of like wound up pulling it down income.

Checks were -- on we were praying he's predicted to protect -- he had -- -- Felt really bad day he hasn't.

Hello can like use kind of grit my teeth and kept praying and then but Elizabeth's need to go like -- when the shots -- stopped.

-- as much and so when I try to get in and can run my -- that popped out and I don't know how I got.

Got out -- miracle that I made up the building.

I don't even know -- -- happened.

But one guy did.

Help me Canada and neck as it was -- stumbling on the steps in trying to get out and everyone was anything.

Home -- -- -- that you worship.

Oh win whenever I was on the ground and I felt.

-- -- Cuba or hit it like really.

Big banks from.

And I knew that -- -- -- good -- it but I didn't know how that was thought maybe just misstated my place it was just my -- because it couldn't tell.

Exactly where it was them and you -- and pray or experienced this week.

Just focus yet to get that it wasn't that.

Yet I was -- you know just like holding I grabbed Elizabeth's hand.

And they just praying.

Yeah I was I was screaming -- -- -- -- -- Just do our peers have and I did you want to just give a quick -- yeah I gave me here the bullet innards of the top here I can.

Media damaged and came out the back if you thought it won't play.

Did you might business lagged it down for the -- immediately to keep it.

-- I thought at first I thought I was probably you know he's more than my leg that I didn't know I was gonna make it at all honestly.

But yet -- I'm really that and I -- really in my -- and hopefully I'll be over there on the mountain.

-- done things differently we.

I know you will cause -- the story you tell us about.

You know not -- came focusing getting in -- -- -- -- loses -- -- when did you realize.

It funny K was shot and and you know what were you he realized okay I'm not -- I've got to get her to safety take me through -- that.

You know I didn't I didn't have any -- -- really until we got to the -- -- actually saw her like limping along with Diana herself what -- hoping.

She was the one that would.

Hurt and that person just kind of committed until maybe it won't shut and you know let's just have to keep going where -- it is a good -- and just this.

We have the we're just giving great events that became the -- for the homeless and gators earlier down in the bathroom and held.

And where in the theater where you guys.

-- in that top health -- the -- grew up and down -- -- you know and Tony.

Did you see him thank did did you every cursory just realize there was a shooter in there and you know.

Does -- have it all because airfares are up for the first thing we saw the process to -- -- which we thought was a joke story even looking for a person.

For anything like that administers the shots started coming you know boom boom -- we just -- down so I didn't see anything.

Some funny -- let me -- -- just when the discussion is there a moment that stands out in your mind.

Throughout this whole tragic incident which -- -- it was refreshing and members -- one moment that stands out when he realized.

Hey I'm going to make it out of this tragedy.

Yes whenever Tom.

Is nothing in the hall.

-- hiring.

Him.

-- was hurting a lot.

Hadn't hadn't gotten pain medicine.

-- Despite all of that remembers thinking I'm Kimmel live I'm you know make it I.

You know I mean -- be okay.

And painless -- patent -- kind of made me.

Feel like no.

I am beyond this CNN from.

The UK.