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August 3, 2012 He was sheltering his girlfriend when he was shot and killed. Friends say the 24-year-old Arizona native had a passion for life and always put others first.

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August 2, 2012 When 18-year-old Jarell Brooks saw a woman and her two children trying to crawl to safety, he got between them and the gunman. He says he couldn't have done anything else and lived with himself afterward.

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July 30, 2012 Some of those in the Aurora, Colo., movie theater sheltered their friends and loved ones. Others rushed to help those who were injured. Many showed enormous courage in the early morning hours of July 20, when a gunman killed 12 people and wounded 58.

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July 27, 2012 "AJ" Boik will be remembered at a funeral today. Friends and family say the aspiring artist was never sad and always willing to help. Yousef Garbi, who survived, was shot in the head after first pushing a friend to safety.

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July 26, 2012 Medek was remembered as an independent young woman who loved hot pink and Hello Kitty.

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July 26, 2012 Rebecca Wingo, 32, was facing the attacker when she was shot, her mother has been told. Shirley Wygal is sure her daughter believed that "if you're going to shoot me, you're going to look at me and do it."

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July 22, 2012 Eleven of those killed by a gunman Friday during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises have been identified by the Arapahoe County Coroner's Office. A 12th victim hadn't yet been definitively identified.

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July 20, 2012 She said the bloodshed she witnessed in Toronto had taught her to cherish every moment in life.

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