15-year-old shot 5 times protecting Florida high school

[lunasun]

Last edited Wed Feb 21, 2018, 04:27 PM - Edit history (2)

A 15-year-old student who was shot five times during last week's massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is credited with saving the lives of at least 20 other students.

A fundraising site says Anthony Borges was shot in both legs and his back while attempting to close and lock a classroom door last Wednesday.

Borges' friend Carlos Rodriguez told ABC's "Good Morning America" that the two rushed to hide in a nearby classroom when they first heard gunshots. He says no one knew what to do, but that Borges "took the initiative to just save his other classmates."

Anthony Borges and his family are originally from Venezuela. His father says the boy is well-known among local sports clubs for his soccer skills, playing forward and training with Barcelona's youth academy near Fort Lauderdale.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-florida-student-protected-classmates-20180220-story.html
Sorry : edit to add it was not clear from my short snips that he is alive but he is in the hospital and at the story is a link to a fund for him .
He will need many surgeries per the article

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. These stories make me cry. nm

[Hav]

4. I didn't know from the excerpts but thankfully he's alive

The picture in the article of the Sheriff holding his hand made me cry as well.

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. Thank you for the update.

[Lochloosa]

2. GoFundMe account link.

https://www.gofundme.com/anthonyborges

[Baitball Blogger]

3. What I remember from my soccer mom days and traveling tournament weekends, Parkland

was a prime destination for Venezuelan families. Their multi ethnic teams were fierce on the field.

[lostnfound]

6. I do hope he is documented or Trump will deport him straight out of the hospital bed...

[mythology]

7. A clear example of a foreign country sending us criminals

Yet another example of Donald Trump being a blithering idiot.

[lark]

8. Yeah, this is 1 immigrant drumpf will never mention,

Just like he refuses to acknowledge that the last 2 killers were his supporters and were white nationalists. It's his russian repugs that are the largest danger to us so he closes the FBI section that was supposed to monitor and stop these killers.