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Just Show Us the Spaceships Already

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Heroic principal says tackling gunman was "just instinct" and "God's hand was on all of us"

Kirk Moore, the Oklahoma principal who tackled a gunman inside Pauls Valley High School last month, says "I don't know what I was thinking."

Heroic principal says tackling gunman was "just instinct": "God's hand was on all of us"

Kirk Moore, the principal at Pauls Valley High School in Oklahoma, speaks to Matt Gutman about tackling a gunman who entered the school. Moore said his response was "just instinct."