Alek Skarlatos on Oregon shooting: 'I wish I could have been there'
By Wade Sheridan | Oct. 2, 2015
The 22-year-old Army National Guard Specialist, who became an international hero after helping to foil a mass murder plot aboard a France commuter train, had to put his Dancing with the Stars rehearsals on hold after he heard of the terrible tragedy at the school that left 10 dead and seven injured. "I was enrolled as a student at Umpqua Community College prior to my 2014 deployment to Afghanistan," Skarlatos said in a statement. "While I was fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time, in August aboard a train bound for Paris, I only wish that the same could be said for today," said Skarlatos.
During an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show show Thursday,
Skarlatos noted how he could have been on campus were he not competing on Dancing with the Stars. "I mean I would have been there today if I didn't agree to do this show, he said referring to DWTS. "I had classes picked out and everything."
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I have heard several comments about the "coincidence" of a mass shooting in a tiny town that no one has ever heard of until it was revealed as the home town of one of the 'Heros' who thwarted the French Subway shooting. hmmmm