Boulder Shooting: Man reveals how 2 granddaughters, 13 and 14, escaped killer by hiding in coat closet for an hour
BOULDER, COLORADO: A grandfather described the horrifying experience of his grandkids who were present at a Colorado grocery store Monday afternoon, March 22, when a shooting erupted. According to the teenage girls’ grandad, Steven, the children were at the King Soopers in Boulder with their father, who was getting vaccinated for Covid-19, when the terror began to unfold after an "active shooter" was reported inside the premises.
Steven told NBC affiliate KUSA of Denver, “There was shooting, and he saw it and got the girls down. They ran and hid upstairs in a coat closet for an hour, in the coats. They were communicating with my daughter through his phone, texting, and then the cops came in through the roof and were protecting them."
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Both the kids, aged 13 and 14, fled the shooting site that claimed the lives of ten people, including a Boulder police officer, through the back of the grocery store, their granddad said. He also stated that he spoke to the 13-year-old and she was behaving strong. The grandfather added, “It's traumatizing, too, for them. I'm really concerned for their mental and emotional health. But they're great kids, and they're super solid. and they have good parents. But this is going to be a hurdle to get over.”
Steven said he was thankful that nothing bad happened to his family members. He noted, “This has got to stop. Every week — every week in the United States there's a shooting. Now it's our turn. And that should never be repeated anywhere. You know, every city is susceptible. But there's a way in which I would think that, 'Well, this wasn't going to happen in Boulder.’ And now we know better.”
Another man identified as Ryan Borowski has also recounted the terror he witnessed while being present at the Boulder shooting site. The young man said, “Boulder feels like a bubble. And the bubble burst. And that’s heartbreaking to think that people died today. It does not feel like there’s anywhere safe anymore sometimes. This feels like the safest spot in America, and I nearly got killed for getting a soda and a bag of chips. Does not feel good.”
Describing the trauma he had to suffer for two-and-a-half-hour, Borowski continued, “I didn't see the shooter. I saw terrified faces running towards me and that's when I turned and ran the other direction. I had my hand on someone's back, and another person had their hand on my back. We weren't tripping on each other, we nobody fell down. When we got to the back of the house we had people who ran into a pantry or some sort of storage area and employees made sure to show them the way out,” before adding: “We ran to the back of the store and out the back door and employees showed us the way. We told employees what was going on so everybody helped each other.”