These good samaritans rushed TOWARD danger

Another story to emerge from the infamous shooting on Wednesday morning that left a congressman in critical condition surrounds a husband and wife in Alexandria, Virginia, who helped members of Congress after they fled the scene of the shooting.

The good samaritans — Ben Childers and his wife Elizabeth — live on the second floor of an apartment building that overlooks the baseball field where authorities say James T. Hodgkinson, 66, of Belleville, Illinois, reportedly opened fire on Republican congressman and their staffers.

After the shooting began, Ben Childers, 31, rushed outside to try and flag down some of the congressmen who were fleeing across the street, proceeding to usher them to safety inside of his apartment.

Describing the politicians as being “in shock,” he and Elizabeth said they gave the officials their cell phone so that they could call their loved ones. “All they wanted to do was talk to their families,” Ben said.

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