Houston Texans star JJ Watt visits Santa Fe shooting survivors in hospital after offering to pay for all 10 funerals following the massacre
- JJ Watt visited the survivors of the Santa Fe shooting in hospital on Monday
- Representatives of Watt revealed he wanted to pay for the victims’ funerals
- On Twitter, Watt described the shooting as 'absolutely horrific'
- Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17, a student at the school, was the gunman armed with a shotgun and .38 revolver when he opened fire at the high school
Student and pole vaulter Clay Horn, who survived the shooting despite being shot twice, met JJ Watt on Monday
Houston Texans star JJ Watt has visited survivors of the Santa Fe shooting in hospital following the massacre that left 10 people dead.
Student and pole vaulter Clay Horn survived the shooting despite being shot twice.
On Monday, Watt, the star defensive end for the Texans, visited Horn in hospital.
Horn is scheduled for another surgery on Tuesday and is hoping to return to pole vaulting as soon as he recovers.
Watt also met with Sarah Salazar, who was the only person left alive in the room where the gunman originally opened fire, according to her mother.
In a Facebook post her mother wrote: 'My daughter Sarah Salazar was the only person taken out of the room still alive. She has a broken jaw and will need a shoulder replacement which will be a life long issue for her.'
'But they took her tube out today and she's breathing on her own. JJ Watt visited her right after and it put a smile on her face. Thankful for the support and prayers. Her gofundme is down below all donations will be appreciated thank you and God bless y'all.'
Watt also met with Sarah Salazar, allegedly the only person taken out of the room where the shooting happened still alive; Salazar's aunt revealed she was shot from the neck down to her thigh. She is intubated and is recovering from the trauma to her neck vessels
Salazar's shoulder was shattered, her mandible was fractured and she also has several rib fractures
She has also set up a GoFundMe page for her daughter, the goal is to raise $60,000.
Salazar's aunt revealed she was shot from the neck down to her thigh. She is intubated and is recovering from the trauma to her neck vessels.
Her shoulder was shattered. her mandible is fractured and she also has several rib fractures.
Watt, who raised $37million to help Houston recover from Hurricane Harvey, winning the NFL's Walter Payton Man of the Year for his efforts, has offered to pay for the 10 victims' funerals.
A Texans team official said city leaders thought the offer 'was very generous and special.' On Twitter, Watt described the shooting as 'absolutely horrific.'
Law enforcement early in Texas identified the suspected Santa Fe school shooter on Friday afternoon as Dimitrios 'Dimitri' Pagourtzis, 17. He is now in custody
Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17, a student at the school is currently being held on capital murder charges and is accused of shooting dead eight students and two teachers.
Students described the initial confusion as the fire alarm went off at Santa Fe High School before shots rang out and students fled from the school buildings into nearby streets and woodland.
'As soon as we heard the alarms, everybody just started leaving following the same procedure as [a] practice fire drill,' student Dakota Shrader told CBS News through tears.
'And next thing you know, we just hear three gunshots, loud explosions, and all the teachers are telling us to run.
'You could just hear 'boom, boom, boom' so I just ran as fast as I could to the nearest forest to hide and call my mom.'
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