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| Florida yoga hero used vacuum and broom to fight gunman | Florida yoga hero used vacuum and broom to fight gunman |
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| A Florida man is being hailed as a hero after he confronted a rampaging gunman using the only weapons he could find in a yoga studio - a broom and a vacuum. | A Florida man is being hailed as a hero after he confronted a rampaging gunman using the only weapons he could find in a yoga studio - a broom and a vacuum. |
| "I jumped up as quickly as I could," Josh Quick told ABC News. He said he wrestled with the attacker after his handgun appeared to jam. | "I jumped up as quickly as I could," Josh Quick told ABC News. He said he wrestled with the attacker after his handgun appeared to jam. |
| The attack last Friday at a yoga studio in Tallahassee left two women dead and five others injured. | The attack last Friday at a yoga studio in Tallahassee left two women dead and five others injured. |
| One woman told the network the fight allowed her to flee the attack. | One woman told the network the fight allowed her to flee the attack. |
| "Thanks to him I was able to rush out the door," Daniela Garcia Albalat told the Good Morning America programme. | "Thanks to him I was able to rush out the door," Daniela Garcia Albalat told the Good Morning America programme. |
| She was in the class at Hot Yoga Tallahassee on Friday, and was shot through the thigh. | She was in the class at Hot Yoga Tallahassee on Friday, and was shot through the thigh. |
| "He saved my life," she said through tears, explaining how she thought she was going to die. | "He saved my life," she said through tears, explaining how she thought she was going to die. |
| Mr Quick, who had visible facial injuries, told ABC on Sunday how the yogis "were huddled in a corner" when the gunfire began and that the gunman stopped firing as he approached the group. | Mr Quick, who had visible facial injuries, told ABC on Sunday how the yogis "were huddled in a corner" when the gunfire began and that the gunman stopped firing as he approached the group. |
| "I picked up the only thing nearby to hit him with, which was a vacuum cleaner, and I hit him over the head," Mr Quick recalled. | |
| The 40-year-old gunman, "turned and pistol-whipped me," he said, adding that he fell to the floor but did not lose consciousness. | The 40-year-old gunman, "turned and pistol-whipped me," he said, adding that he fell to the floor but did not lose consciousness. |
| "I jumped up, ran over and grabbed the only other thing that I could find - which is a broomstick - and I hit him over the head with that. | "I jumped up, ran over and grabbed the only other thing that I could find - which is a broomstick - and I hit him over the head with that. |
| "Again, he pushed me off, but some people were able to run out of the room." | "Again, he pushed me off, but some people were able to run out of the room." |
| The shooter then killed himself, police say. He was discovered with a self-inflicted gunshot wound around 17:40 local time (21:40 GMT). | The shooter then killed himself, police say. He was discovered with a self-inflicted gunshot wound around 17:40 local time (21:40 GMT). |
| A photo taken from the crime scene shows Mr Quick standing outside the studio, with a white T-shirt stained with blood. | A photo taken from the crime scene shows Mr Quick standing outside the studio, with a white T-shirt stained with blood. |
| Maura Binkley, 21, was killed as well as Dr Nancy Van Vessem, 61. | Maura Binkley, 21, was killed as well as Dr Nancy Van Vessem, 61. |
| Authorities have not given a suspected motive for the shooting, but according to US media the attacker's social media posts show he may have been motivated by a hatred for women. | Authorities have not given a suspected motive for the shooting, but according to US media the attacker's social media posts show he may have been motivated by a hatred for women. |