Two-year-old Boy Rescued After Parents Killed in July 4 Shooting

2022-07-08

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  • On July 4, strangers found a small boy covered in blood just after a shooting attack started in Highland Park in the Midwestern U.S. state of Illinois.
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  • The boy was taken to a nearby home and kept safe until officials were able to find his grandparents.
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  • The attack took place as crowds were gathered at an Independence Day Parade.
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  • Greg Ring ran from the place of the shooting with his wife and three children.
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  • That is when a stranger found him and handed him a small boy covered in blood.
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  • Ring said the boy was saying "mommy" and "daddy" and pointing in the direction of the parade where six people were killed and many more were hurt.
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  • Later, a seventh person died of their wounds.
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  • Ring took the boy back to the area of the parade, but police told him to go away because it was not safe.
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  • He then brought the boy to a local fire station.
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  • The firefighters were not able to care for the child, Ring said, because "they were getting ready for war."
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  • He meant they were getting ready to care for the victims of the shooting.
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  • Ring took the boy inside, where the Rings cleaned off the blood and let him watch television.
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  • After the boy's photo was sent around on social media, people were able to find out his name: Aiden McCarthy.
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  • His parents, 37-year-old Kevin and 35-year-old Irina, were dead.
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  • Aiden had been found covered in his parents' blood.
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  • A family member said Irina's parents would take care of the boy.
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  • A friend, Irina Colon, started a fundraising website for Aiden.
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  • On it, she wrote: "Aiden...will have a long road ahead to heal...and navigate life as an orphan."
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  • So far, people have given more than $2 million.
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  • One of the people who gave money wrote: "Aiden, my heart is breaking for you."
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  • Ring said he is still trying to understand what happened on July 4.
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  • He said he does not want to be thought of as a hero and he did what anyone else would have done.
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  • He feels as if he and his family are lucky to be alive.
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  • "I have not slept for a minute the last two nights," he said, adding "it is nothing short of a miracle that the five of us - me, my wife and my three kids - one of us or all of us isn't dead. I do not understand. Everybody around us was hit or got shot."
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  • In the three days since the shooting on America's Independence Day, the five other victims were identified.
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  • They are: Katherine Goldstein, Stephen Strauss, Jacquelyn Sundheim, Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza and Eduardo Uvaldo.
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  • Officials said some of the injured remain in serious condition.
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  • The top lawyer for Lake County, Illinois, is Eric Rinehart.
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  • Robert Crimo III has been identified as the suspected shooter.
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  • Reports said Rinehart plans to bring attempted murder charges against Crimo for each person who was hurt.
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  • I'm Dan Friedell.
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  • On July 4, strangers found a small boy covered in blood just after a shooting attack started in Highland Park in the Midwestern U.S. state of Illinois.
  • 2
  • The boy was taken to a nearby home and kept safe until officials were able to find his grandparents.
  • 3
  • The attack took place as crowds were gathered at an Independence Day Parade. Greg Ring ran from the place of the shooting with his wife and three children. That is when a stranger found him and handed him a small boy covered in blood.
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  • Ring said the boy was saying "mommy" and "daddy" and pointing in the direction of the parade where six people were killed and many more were hurt. Later, a seventh person died of their wounds.
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  • Ring took the boy back to the area of the parade, but police told him to go away because it was not safe. He then brought the boy to a local fire station. The firefighters were not able to care for the child, Ring said, because "they were getting ready for war." He meant they were getting ready to care for the victims of the shooting.
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  • Ring took the boy inside, where the Rings cleaned off the blood and let him watch television. After the boy's photo was sent around on social media, people were able to find out his name: Aiden McCarthy. His parents, 37-year-old Kevin and 35-year-old Irina, were dead. Aiden had been found covered in his parents' blood.
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  • A family member said Irina's parents would take care of the boy.
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  • A friend, Irina Colon, started a fundraising website for Aiden. On it, she wrote: "Aiden...will have a long road ahead to heal...and navigate life as an orphan." So far, people have given more than $2 million.
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  • One of the people who gave money wrote: "Aiden, my heart is breaking for you."
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  • Ring said he is still trying to understand what happened on July 4. He said he does not want to be thought of as a hero and he did what anyone else would have done.
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  • He feels as if he and his family are lucky to be alive.
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  • "I have not slept for a minute the last two nights," he said, adding "it is nothing short of a miracle that the five of us - me, my wife and my three kids - one of us or all of us isn't dead. I do not understand. Everybody around us was hit or got shot."
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  • In the three days since the shooting on America's Independence Day, the five other victims were identified. They are: Katherine Goldstein, Stephen Strauss, Jacquelyn Sundheim, Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza and Eduardo Uvaldo. Officials said some of the injured remain in serious condition.
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  • The top lawyer for Lake County, Illinois, is Eric Rinehart. Robert Crimo III has been identified as the suspected shooter. Reports said Rinehart plans to bring attempted murder charges against Crimo for each person who was hurt.
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  • I'm Dan Friedell.
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  • Dan Friedell adapted this story for Learning English based on reports by the Associated Press.
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  • Words in This Story
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  • stranger- n. someone who you have not met before or do not know
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  • navigate -v. to find the way to where you are trying to go; to deal with things or figure them out
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  • orphan - n. a child whose parents are dead
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  • miracle -n. an unusual or wonderful event that is believed to be caused by the power of God
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