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- ABC News
- May 19, 2019
Coach 'blessed to be alive' after school scare
Keanon Lowe wrestled the alleged gunman at Parkrose High School in Oregon.
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Lowe said when Dias allegedly went to the school and put his students in danger, there was no option but to try to stop him.
\"When confronted with the test the universe presented me with, I didn't see any other choice but to act,\" he continued in the tweet. \"Thank God, I passed.\"
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No one was injured in the Friday afternoon scare, police said.
\"I'm blessed to be alive and extremely happy that the students are safe,\" Lowe tweeted.
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Officers apprehended Dias and recovered the weapon he allegedly brought to the school. He was charged with possession of firearm in a public building, attempting to discharge a firearm at a school, reckless endangerment, and possession of a loaded firearm in a public place, police said.
\"I don't know if my perspective has changed,\" Lowe told \"GMA.\" \"It just seems more real for me now that I was placed in that situation and really faced with that terror and saw the kids' faces and saw how scared the whole school and community was.\"
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Students told ABC affiliate KATU that Lowe, formerly a star wide receiver with the University of Oregon Ducks, saved the day.
\"He's a hero,\" one student told KATU on Friday.
A police sergeant said the shooting threat ended with the \"best-case scenario.\"
\"It feels great [to be called a hero],\" Lowe told \"GMA.\" \"But I feel like I was put in that room for a reason. He didn't know I was in that room when he opened the door and I think there's things in my life that have happened that have prepared me for that very moment.\"
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\"The staff members from all accounts did an excellent job,\" said Portland Police Sgt. Brad Yakots.
Police said the investigation was ongoing.
But Lowe said the experience has been a blur, and has made him reflect on life and gun violence in schools.
\"I've spent the last 24 hours being more appreciative of my family and realizing we have a serious problem,\" he said.
\"I'm not sure what's next, I haven't had the time to really think about it,\" he added. \"But I am sure I want to be a part of the solution to school gun violence.\"
I'm blessed to be alive and extremely happy that the students are safe. I'm not sure what's next, I haven't had the time to really think about it. But I am sure I want to be a part of the solution to school gun violence. Thank you @PortlandPolice for your help #ParkroseHighSchool
— Keanon Lowe (@KeanonLowe) May 18, 2019
ABC News' Marc Nathanson contributed to this report.
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