SAN FRANCISCO — On the second anniversary of a mass shooting in Atlanta where eight people were killed, including six Asian women, a rally was held in five cities across the nation to pay tribute to the lives lost.
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At the San Francisco rally in Japantown, Brandon Tsay, who stopped the Monterey Park gunman, spoke. For many, he is a symbol of strength and resilience in the Asian community.
“I don’t know how to deal with all of it because all these situations, they’re very new to me,” Tsay said. “I don’t have any background in media so quite a difficult time.”
Brandon Tsay still isn’t comfortable with the attention and praise he’s received since his act of heroism.
During a Lunar New Year celebration at his family’s Southern California ballroom. Tsay took quick action and wrestled a gun away from 72-year-old Huu Can Tran as Tran attempted to extend a shooting spree that had already claimed 11 lives at a dance hall in Monterey Park.
The incident has changed Tsay’s life.
“I think I’m a pillar of support for people that look up to me. I’m proud to be a support icon for them,” Tsay said.
The rally in San Francisco paid tribute to the lives lost in the Atlanta spa shootings as well as those killed in Monterey Park and the victims of the Half Moon Bay massacre where seven victims died.
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