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He and his wife began screaming and splashing water at the animal, the victim’s wife grabbed a flashlight and shined it on the animal, which they then identified as a mountain lion.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I didn’t even run to him. I didn’t go get him. What I was thinking was ‘run buddy … get the hell away from that school, just run to the bus,’ i grabbed my phone, and I called my husband and my husband’s like, ‘I see him, I see him, he’s getting onto the bus, he’s OK.’ And I said, ‘OK, but I’ve got to stay here with these students.’ And I hung up and I continued to do my job.

Pete Luna/Uvalde Leader-News Children

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I grabbed my phone, and I called my husband and my husband’s like, ‘I see him, I see him, he’s getting onto the bus, he’s OK.’ And I said, ‘OK, but I’ve got to stay here with these students.’ And I hung up and I continued to do my job.

Virginia Vela

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Matt Schlapp, of the CPAC, grabbed my junk and pummeled it at length. And I’m sitting there (in the car) saying, ‘What the hell is going on that this person with a wife and kids is literally doing this to me, from Manuel’s Tavern to the Hilton Garden Inn there at the Atlanta Airport,’ he literally has his hands on me. And I feel so f**king dirty. Feel so f**king dirty. So I don’t know what to do in the morning.

Carlton Huffman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When it first started shaking I grabbed my daughter and my whole family began to run out, the building collapsed on top of us all.

Ahmet Ayyan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The receiver went to the inside, and he was attempting to release to the outside, the defender grabbed the jersey with his right hand and restricted him from releasing to the outside. So, therefore, we called defensive holding.

Carl Cheffers

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When I got the courage, I lunged at him with both my hands, grabbed the weapon and we had a struggle, we struggled into the lobby, trying to get this gun away from each other.

Tom Tsay

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He set down the water, called me another name, then came at me. It all happened so fast. So very fast. He grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and he knocked me to the floor. I landed on the dog’s bowl, which cracked under my back, the pieces cutting into me. I lay there for a moment, dazed, then got to my feet and told him to get out.

The Guardian

Found on CNN
1 year ago

woke up with blood on the pillow, blood on the sheets, blood on my breath and blood in my mouth and the coughing started again and i turned to spit at the trashcan and missed and i admired the new wall decoration as i grabbed a cigarette to start the bloody day.

Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
1 year ago

There was chaos, with little boys and girls running around alone, some parents were able to grab their children, there was a little girl of around three or four who was not sheltering under the parasol. I ran out and grabbed her.

Sicus Carbonell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

His fingers were like two finger holes in the blade and lunged at the congressman. And Congressman Zeldin blocked the first lunge. And then as he tried to lunge again, I grabbed him from behind and tackled him down to the ground and held him on the ground.

Joe Chenelly

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

His right hand came up, I assume out of his pocket, and he had a blade on his hand, his fingers were like two finger holes in the blade and lunged at the congressman. And Congressman Zeldin blocked the first lunge. And then as he tried to lunge again, I grabbed him from behind and tackled him down to the ground and held him on the ground.

Joe Chenelly

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

They’re like self-defense keychains, so he pulled one of those out and he actually like poked at Mr. Zeldin’s chest, his stomach and whatnot and then he actually grabbed him and they kinda went down.

Lee Zeldin

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We just grabbed a few essentials and just ran and by that stage everybody along the street was on the move.

Ellen McCurdy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He went in there, he grabbed a gun, and he shot her with my baby in her hand.

Uriel Ramos

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I grabbed my son and tried to break into one of the local buildings, but I couldn’t, i kept running and ran into an alley and put my son in a garbage dumpster, so he could be safe.

Alexander Sandoval

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I was over here, I turned around the light was red, and the truck got impatient for whatever reason and charged into the crowd, there’s at least three people, I look over I see people trying to push the truck back, and I just instantly got mad and ran over and tried to stop the truck. I tried to stop him, he grabbed (and) ripped my sign, and push me down drove off and that was it.

Alexis Russell

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

He comes up behind me, strikes me in the back. I hear Amber shout don't hit my f ****** sister. She smacks him, lands one, by that time Johnny had already grabbed Amber by the hair with one hand and was whacking her repeatedly in the face with the other.

Whitney Heard Henriquez

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Mario Batali right hand is all over my breasts, all over my rear end, all between my legs, i've never been grabbed like that before... squeezing my vagina and pulling me closer to Mario Batali. As if that's a normal way to pull someone in.

Natali Tene

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Thomas Webster knocked me down... grabbed my helmet and started pulling me.

Noah Rathbun

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I was attacked, out of nowhere, for no reason, and there is one person fighting, one person who did the violence, not the board. It wasn't the board, it was one individual and that one individual grabbed my throat, slammed my head down on the table, punched me repeatedly in the head and the only one who was pointing a finger was that person, was Danielle Green.

Flint School

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Jimmy Hoffa wanted to see the body, we were told that Jimmy Hoffa was grabbed, killed there( Detroit) and brought back to New Jersey for Anthony Provenzano to personally verify that Jimmy Hoffa was dead.

Joe Brennan

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We were told that Jimmy Hoffa was grabbed, killed there( Detroit) and brought back to New Jersey for Anthony Provenzano to personally verify that Jimmy Hoffa was dead.

Giovanni Rocco

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Wasn't a lot of thought put into it. I just grabbed a book that I had nearby that I knew that I loved, I thought the kids would like and read it.

Toby Price

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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