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The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

110: The Man Who Ran Away

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

History, Society & Culture

4.940.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2018

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

When the shooting started this patriot ran for his life.

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So, will it be skiing?

0:03.0

Or Christmas markets on a city break?

0:06.0

Skiing? Or a city break?

0:09.0

Some problems are good problems to have.

0:12.0

Especially with flights this winter from 29.99 one-way

0:17.0

and package holidays from £159 per person.

0:21.0

Get the king at EasyJet.com.

0:24.0

Selected dates, holidays at all protected based on two adults for three nights,

0:28.0

restrictions and season C's apply.

0:30.0

This is the way I heard it.

0:38.0

May 6th, 1954.

0:40.0

The man who ran away had no idea who pulled the trigger.

0:44.0

All he knew for sure was that the unbearable tension had been shattered by a gunshot

0:49.0

that rang out across the windy field, a shot that sent him bolting in the opposite direction.

0:55.0

You never really know how people will react to gunfire until the shooting starts,

1:00.0

even those with training.

1:02.0

Some will freeze, some will charge ahead, some will soil themselves,

1:07.0

and others, like the man in uniform sprinting madly across the field,

1:12.0

will simply run for their lives.

1:15.0

Not the kind of reaction you'd expect from a self-described patriot,

1:19.0

but the eyewitness accounts are clear.

1:22.0

The lad bolted the moment he heard the shot.

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