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Last Updated: February 16, 2024, 00:01 IST
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Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Trey Smith shared the WWE title belt to assist calm a younger boy within the aftermath of the mass capturing on the workforce’s Super Bowl celebration.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.: Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Trey Smith shared the WWE title belt to assist calm a younger boy within the aftermath of the mass capturing on the workforce’s Super Bowl celebration.
Smith, who sported the belt throughout the celebration, seen the frightened boy, who was together with his father.
“I was thinking, what can I do to help him out?” Smith mentioned in an interview Thursday on Good Morning America. “I just handed him the belt: ‘Hey buddy, you’re the champion. No one’s going to hurt you, man. We’ve got your back.’”
The capturing left 22 individuals injured, half of them beneath the age of 16, Police Chief Stacey Graves mentioned. A mom of two was additionally killed.
Smith mentioned he talked about wrestling to take the boy’s thoughts off the scary scene after they had been loaded onto a bus.
Smith mentioned he and lengthy snapper James Winchester had been amongst these sheltering in a closet and that Winchester “was very instrumental in keeping people calm.”
Chiefs coach Andy Reid additionally took time to consolation others on the scene, together with Shawnee Mission East Tenth-grader Gabe Wallace.
“Andy Reid was trying to comfort me, which was nice,” Wallace advised The Kansas City Star. “He was kind of hugging me, just like, ‘Are you OK, man? Are you OK? Just please breathe.’ He was being real nice and everything.’
“He left to check on other people, I’m pretty sure.”
Three individuals had been detained and firearms had been recovered throughout the mayhem at Union Station.
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