UVA's Mike Hollins Shares Story of Surviving the Shooting that Killed 3 of His Teammates

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🗓️ 16 December 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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FOLLOW THE PIVOT PODCAST: MERCH | https://pivotpodcast.com YOUTUBE | https://www.youtube.com/thepivotpodcast INSTAGRAM | https://instagram.com/thepivot TWITTER | https://twitter.com/thepivot TIKTOK | https://tiktok.com/@thepivot FACEBOOK | https://www.facebook.com/thepivotpodcast FOLLOW HAPPY DAD: https://www.instagram.com/happydad FIND HAPPY DAD: https://www.happydad.com/find In a special edition of The Pivot, we sit down with University of Virginia running back Mike Hollins who survived the shooting that killed three of his teammates a month ago. In an emotional conversation with Ryan, Fred and Channing, Mike opens up about that day for the first time and courageously takes us through the moments leading up to the senseless attack and the minutes following when he was shot. On a school trip to Washington DC with his classmates, that Sunday started off as a happy day filled with so many positive memories for these young people as they took in important parts of history and spent their time laughing, listening to music and enjoying the opportunity. As the bus returned to school that evening, shots were fired by one of the students on the bus, killing three young men and injuring two others, one being Mike Hollins. Mike takes the guys through this emotional day, how he lost his best friend and teammates to the senseless act, his recovery and approaching each day now with love and purpose. A story of tragedy and loss turned into tribute and honor. Tap in every Tuesday at noon eastern for our premiere episode of the Pivot. Special NFL seasonal drops on Friday afternoons at 3:30 pm. We are your one-stop platform for all your sports and entertainment content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is a different type of episode. Today is a different pivot for us all.
0:05.6	On November 13th, 2022, there was a shooting on the campus of the University of Virginia.
0:11.4	Three people lost their lives, Lavelle Davis, Devon Chandler, and DeShon Perry.
0:16.4	The shooter was apprehended shortly after his name was Christopher Jones Jr.
0:21.0	Someone who wasn't mentioned a ton of that was Michael Hollins, a friend of my sons.
0:26.8	Someone I've known since he was 13 years old. He was also shot. He was a survivor.
0:32.8	Michael Hollins is going to tell his story today for the first time,
0:36.1	truly through and through. We are honored as a show, myself, Fred Taylor,
0:41.6	Channing Crowder, our truly blessed to have this opportunity and this platform
0:46.3	to give him the space to share his thoughts. We will be as respectful as possible.
0:51.6	We will show as much love as possible. And so all those families who are dealing with the
0:56.0	loss of loved ones, our prayers, our thoughts will forever be with you.
1:01.3	Tragedies like this touch entire communities, entire universities, entire cultures,
1:07.0	entire worlds. It's part of the pivot world. And so we are excited to bring you this,
1:13.0	and we hope we do it justice. Here's the show.
1:26.2	I got the key, only fidget knuck a trust, trust, limit it, take a stomach cap and a neck.
1:32.4	A father here to win the seat, come on people filling militant, we ain't finna get me up.
1:37.1	Wanna miss you, get me up.
1:39.1	Hey everybody, welcome to the pivot. I'm RC. This is Chan, Fredy T.
1:44.4	I have extremely special guests tonight. My nephew, Michael Hollins,
1:49.8	University, Virginia student athlete, running back.
1:56.1	Also a part of an extremely tragic night at the University of Virginia where we lost
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