WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden phoned the 26-year-old who wrestled the gun away from a suspected mass shooter in California, telling him Thursday: “You are America.”
“I wanted to call and see how you’re doing and thank you for taking such incredible action in the face of danger,” Biden is heard telling Brandon Tsay on a recording of the decision.
Biden posted himself on Twitter speaking to Tsay, who wrestled the firearm from a 72-year-old man who walked into the Lai Lai Ballroom & Studio in Alhambra, California, throughout Lunar New Year celebrations this month.
Police say the armed man had minutes earlier shot useless 11 individuals at a special dance corridor in close by Monterey Park.
After Tsay managed to safe the gun in an prolonged tussle — captured on closed caption video later launched by US media — the suspect left and the following morning shot himself useless as police closed in on his van.
“I don’t think you understand just how much you’ve done for so many people who are never even going to know you. But I want them to know more about you,” Biden mentioned.
“You have my respect. You are America, pal,” the president mentioned. “America’s never backed down. We’ve always stepped up because of people like you.”
Tsay will be heard saying he was “still processing what I did and what I experienced.”
“For you to call, that’s just so comforting for me,” he tells Biden. — Agence France-Presse
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
