Ed Sanders, who survived the deadly shooting at LGBTQ bar Club Q in Colorado Springs on the weekend says he wants to be resilient and won't be 'taken out by some sick person.'
Ed Sanders, who survived the deadly shooting at LGBTQ bar Club Q in Colorado Springs on the weekend says he wants to be resilient and won't be "taken out by some sick person."The Associated PressA makeshift memorial near Club Q nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo., continues to grow after Saturday's shooting killed five people and wounded 17 others.
Ed Sanders, 63, said he had been waiting in line at the bar, had made his way up to the front and given the bartender his credit card when he was hit in the back — right between the shoulder blades. Surprised, he turned to look at the gunman, only to be hit again in the thigh as another volley of shots was fired.
He quickly called the police, heard several more shots, then nothing. The scariest part of the shooting, Slaugh said, was not knowing whether the gunman would fire again. "I want to be resilient. I'm a survivor," Sanders said. "I'm not going to be taken out by some sick person." "I'm smiling now because I am happy to be alive," Sanders said. "I dodged a major event in my life and came through it, and that's part of who I am as a survivor."
An army veteran who helped subdue the shooter at a Colorado gay club on Saturday night is telling his story — including the quick thinking that pushed him to act as shots rang out. Five people died in the attack.
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