110: The Man Who Ran Away
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
4.9 • 40.8K 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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| 0:00.0 | 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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