Wounded teen helped another badly hurt man out of Aurora theater


His name is Prodeo Patria. In Latin, the phrase pro deo et patria means “For God and country.” So Prodeo Patria seems like an apt name for a hero. Here’s his story: Doctors tell Prodeo Patria that the pain throbbing near the bullet lodged in his side will fade away. But the memory of a terror-filled night when he was one of 70 people shot isn’t likely to leave him. The 14 year-old Overland High School student sat with his mother, father and another couple at the midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises,” when James Eagan Holmes allegedly threw … Continue reading Wounded teen helped another badly hurt man out of Aurora theater