'I'm Not A Hero,' Says James Shaw Jr., Acclaimed As Hero Of Waffle House Attack
"I did that completely out of a selfish act," said James Shaw Jr. after disarming the gunman. "I was completely doing it just to save myself. Now, me doing that, I did save other people."
"I'm not a hero. I'm just a regular person," said James Shaw Jr., who police say saved lives by disarming a man who opened fire Sunday at a Waffle House in Tennessee. Shaw insists he acted only to save himself — but many others are calling him a hero for stopping the violence.
"I think anybody could've did what I did if they're just pushed in that kind of cage," Shaw said, "and you have to either react or you're going to, you know, fold."
Shaw was speaking at a news conference convened by city leaders after , in which six people were shot in Antioch, Tenn.,
