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Couple in Colo. Theater Shooting Escape With Baby and Toddler in Tow (Actually Dad Runs Away!)
ABC News ^ | 07/20/2012 | BY LANA ZAK

Posted on 07/20/2012 3:33:23 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd

A young couple who'd recently moved from New Mexico and were attending the Aurora, Colo., midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" with their children said they had planned to sit in the front row by the exit in which a gunman entered and allegedly killed at least 12 people.

"Where the gunman came in, we were going to sit right there," Jamie Rohrs, 25, told ABC News today. "God was definitely with us and watching over us."

Rohrs said that before the movie started, he and his fiancee, Patricia Legarreta, also 25, opted for seats in the second-floor balcony. Rohrs held their 4-month-old son, Ethan, while Legarreta sat next to her 4-year-old daughter, Azeria, who was asleep with her head in her mother's lap.

Fifteen minutes into the movie, Legarreta said, someone walked into the theater from the exit and threw something. Police now allege that James Holmes, 24, burst into the movie house and started shooting patrons, killing at least 12 and injuring at least 50.

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"I'm just disoriented after I put him down," Rohrs said. "I'm just waiting for me to hit the ground and fall down dead. You could see the gunfire."

He said he wondered where Ethan was but realized he could not go back to get him. Rohrs finally jumped over the balcony and ended up outside.

"My son's still in there," he told ABC News. "My girlfriend is still in there. I'm out here. Who leaves their child there?"

He said Legarreta called him from another phone and he drove back to the theater. They were eventually taken to the hospital and released.

In an interview with ABC News, Legaretta said she just ran as fast as she could with the baby and her daughter when the gunshots stopped.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aurora; aurorashooting; colorado; cowardice; fatherhood; frontpage; jamesholmes; jamierohrs; leftwingmassmurder; manhood; shooting
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To: lazypadawan

I hope she and many like her wise up.

Guys like this used to be rejected by women, forcing them to either act like men or not reproduce.

Girls have a lot more power and responsibilty than they’re willing to accept.


41 posted on 07/20/2012 4:02:15 PM PDT by stanne
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To: Responsibility2nd

My God, the sperm donor ran off and left two babies behind....only after he was safe did he “think” about his children....

Being a parent means doing without. Stuff like movies when you have babies. You just don’t go. What makes any adult even think about having babies in a movie theater at midnight???????


42 posted on 07/20/2012 4:02:19 PM PDT by swpa_mom
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To: Responsibility2nd

Actually who leaves two kids and a girlfriend who’s been shot in the leg?

And then gets to the car and drives away???
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The kind of person who takes two small kids to a midnight movie.


43 posted on 07/20/2012 4:03:16 PM PDT by SUSSA
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To: kevcol

He comes back to pose with the kids as if he is a victim???
Wonder how much “pain and suffering” some lawyer will get him from the theater chain, Warner and anyone else they can SUE.. lotta cigarette and beer money for sure


44 posted on 07/20/2012 4:05:51 PM PDT by silverleaf (Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Yes, you are reading it correctly. The coward drove off without the kids/gf.

She can do better than him.


45 posted on 07/20/2012 4:08:04 PM PDT by reaganaut (VAB! Voting against both Romney and Obama.)
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To: reaganaut
The coward drove off without the kids/gf.

Wait! you got it all wrong. He had to run home and put on his superhero costume first...


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46 posted on 07/20/2012 4:10:58 PM PDT by kevcol
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To: Responsibility2nd

COWARD !!!
I hope that he is never allowed to forget his disgraceful behavior for the rest of his miserable life.
She needs to find a different man who’s actually a man.


47 posted on 07/20/2012 4:11:27 PM PDT by BuffaloJack (Repeal Obamacare, the CITIZENSHIP TAX)
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To: Responsibility2nd

This story is revolting. What a loser, to take off, leaving his children and girlfriend.

And why were there so many young children at a movie theater at 12:30 in the morning?

When my 16 year-old son was around four, maybe almost five, we brought him to see Toy Story 2 (or some other Pixar movie) in the afternoon (!), and we had a two or three-month old daughter. The minute the movie / previews came on, I realized it was way too loud for her. I tried covering her ears briefly, but it wasn’t going to work. So I spent the movie in the lobby/car.

This woman should find someone else who won’t abandon them when the chips are down—and get a BABYSITTER the next time you want to see a midnight movie.

Our local cinema has “Mommy and me” movies on Tuesdays at 11 am. It’s stroller and nursing-friendly, the sound is lowered, and it’s not held when little ones should be asleep.

Pathetic, all around.


48 posted on 07/20/2012 4:12:30 PM PDT by proud American in Canada (Pray for America. She is the world's last best hope for freedom. May it not be too late.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

who in the HE** brings a 4 month old and a 4 yr old to a midnight movie.. geez how dumb and then runs like the pus** he is


49 posted on 07/20/2012 4:17:42 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: Tucsonican

..at least none that need to be said here.

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Or none that CAN be said here.


50 posted on 07/20/2012 4:21:06 PM PDT by reaganaut (VAB! Voting against both Romney and Obama.)
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To: NYer
what sort of parent takes such young children to a midnight movie?! Oh wait ... I know the answer ... selfish parents.

EXACTLY.

As soon as I heard about there being any young children at this midnight showing of a PG-13 movie, I had the very same thoughts. You'll fork over $xx for your tickets but, you won't (pass up the snack bar to) pay a babysitter?

Although I voiced said thoughts to my wife (who agreed wholeheartedly), I wouldn't dare post them anywhere but here, lest I be accused of being overly judgmental and/or blaming the (selfish) parents of the young victims. Used to be, parents sacrificed and set aside childish ways for their kids' sake.

At any rate, I'm sure at least a few of those parents are re-thinking their selfish choices.

51 posted on 07/20/2012 4:21:35 PM PDT by newgeezer (It is [the people's] right and duty to be at all times armed. --Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Narcissistic society.


52 posted on 07/20/2012 4:24:21 PM PDT by dragonblustar (Allah Ain't So Akbar!)
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To: nascarnation

We have to go out. We have to do things.”

Somebody should slap the shit out of them and remind them that they are parents now and the thing they need to do is stay home at night so their children can go to bed at a decent hour. Going out should be limited to taking the children to the park during the day. If they don’t want to be parents then they should put the children up for adoption. These babies deserve better. Really, really tees me off!!!


53 posted on 07/20/2012 4:25:13 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: kevcol

LOL. Why am I not surprised?


54 posted on 07/20/2012 4:26:07 PM PDT by reaganaut (VAB! Voting against both Romney and Obama.)
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To: swpa_mom

Adulthood doesn’t come when you hit a certain age. We have a lot of people well over the age we used to think signified coming of age who are really just large children. The most amazing thing about this article is the guy appears to have no qualms admitting all of this. No one is ashamed of anything anymore.


55 posted on 07/20/2012 4:28:18 PM PDT by brytlea (An ounce of chocolate is worth a pound of cure)
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To: Responsibility2nd

And from his comments in the article is was all about ‘me me me me’ and him worried about dying. He needs to be slapped HARD and repeatedly.


56 posted on 07/20/2012 4:29:14 PM PDT by reaganaut (VAB! Voting against both Romney and Obama.)
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To: Timber Rattler
Yeah, it sure seems like there were a lot of kids there that late at night.

Not only were children out that late, but the movie is reportedly chock-full, end-to-end, with bloody, gory violence. Just peachy.

57 posted on 07/20/2012 4:29:41 PM PDT by BfloGuy (The final outcome of the credit expansion is general impoverishment.)
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To: newgeezer

Same kind of selfish parents who have kids without being married.


58 posted on 07/20/2012 4:29:53 PM PDT by drew
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To: BfloGuy
Not only were children out that late, but the movie is reportedly chock-full, end-to-end, with bloody, gory violence. Just peachy.

Which of course means that anyone who watches instantly turns into a mass-murderer.

59 posted on 07/20/2012 4:32:44 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: Responsibility2nd

Must the same mentality as taking a 4 month old and a 4 year old to a midnight showing of a PG-13 movie.


60 posted on 07/20/2012 4:36:17 PM PDT by bgill
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