{"id":66341,"date":"2016-06-15T09:47:50","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T13:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=66341"},"modified":"2016-06-15T10:01:08","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T14:01:08","slug":"imran-yousuf-saving-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=66341","title":{"rendered":"Imran Yousuf saving the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Imran_Yousuf\"<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Our friends at We Are the Mighty<\/a> tell the story of former Marine Imran Yousuf, reportedly a bouncer at the Pulse night club in Orlando. He’s being credited by Orlando police with saving 70 people from the gunman on Sunday morning;<\/p>\n

\u201cYou could just tell it was a high caliber,\u201d Yousuf told CBS. He saw the patrons were frozen in fear and that no one was moving to open a nearby door.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was only one choice \u2014 either we all stay there and we all die, or I could take the chance,\u201d Yousuf said, \u201cand I jumped over to open that latch and we got everyone that we can out of there.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From the Marine Corps Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a lot of people naming me a hero and as a former Marine and Afghan veteran I honestly believe I reacted by instinct,\u201d he wrote on Monday. \u201cI have lost a few of my friends that night which I am just finding out about right now and while it might seem that my actions are heroic I decided that the others around me needed to be saved as well and so I just reacted.\u201d<\/p>\n

While he appreciates the support he has received, Yousuf stressed that people should focus on the victims\u2019 families, not him, he wrote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From CBS News<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Yousuf, a 24-year-old Hindu, served as a U.S. Marine in Afghanistan. On Saturday night, the combat zone followed him to Orlando.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

“I wish I could have saved more to be honest,” he said through tears. “There are a lot of people that are dead …there are a lot of people that are dead.”<\/p>\n

Before the interview, Yousuf told CBS News he hadn’t really processed all the lives lost. But, once the combat vet started talking about it, the tears kept coming.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks to Tom for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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