Video shows high school coach disarming and hugging suicidal student

[Judi Lynn]

Surveillance footage reveals emotional moment when Keanon Lowe encountered armed student at Portland, Oregon, school

Victoria Bekiempis in New York
Sat 19 Oct 2019 15.32 EDT

Dramatic video has emerged showing a high school football coach in Portland, Oregon, disarming a suicidal student then hugging and comforting the teen.

The video of the incident, obtained by the CBS affiliate KOIN 6 News, captures the moment when the Parkrose high school coach Keanon Lowe encountered Angel Granados-Diaz.

While Lowe’s actions had been extensively reported, the video provided visual documentation of how his quick thinking and compassion potentially prevented a tragedy.

At around noon on 17 May this year, Granados-Diaz walked on to campus, carrying a shotgun. He went into a classroom with the intent of killing himself, authorities said, not to kill other students.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/19/high-school-student-coach-disarmed-video

[Kurt V.]

1. quite incredible. saddens and warms the heart in one.

[bottomofthehill]

2. An amazing act of Bravery and Love

Thank you Coach Lowe! You are an amazing man