Bearning Witness, the harrowing stories of the Ottawa shooting, in their own words
Bearning Witness, the harrowing stories of the Ottawa shooting, in their own words
Macleans Magazine
http://site.macleans.ca/longform/bear_witness/index.html
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Lehre: There was another bystander. I turned and I said, "Is this a mock? Is this a drill?" Then I looked toward where the fallen soldier was, with his comrade leaning over him. His comrade yelled, "Call 911." And I thought, this is still really sounding like a drill. I looked to see if someone was filming. It became clear it wasn't a drill. That's when I ran forward, without thought, just to see what I could do.
Magnan: I saw the shooter. I saw the guy on the ground. But it didn't register: that's the shooter, that's the guy on the ground. It was just, "Get there. Get there. Get there as fast as you can." When I looked up, the shooter was gone. He had stopped yelling. He was gone.
Winters: I started running toward the cenotaph. I was looking for the soldiers because I had heard the news the day before–the two soldiers in Quebec who had been hit and how one of them had died. I immediately guessed the soldiers I had just seen had been the targets. I knew if I saw them standing, it was something else. But I didn't see them standing. So I just ran there.
Lehre: When I got there, I asked the soldier who supervises the two soldiers at the tomb what I could do to help. He told me very specifically. He was in control. He said, "Put your hands here. Put pressure. He's been shot twice."
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