Sunday marks thirteen years since twelve lives were taken inside an Aurora movie theater. Dozens more were injured on July 20, 2012, and donated blood was a critical tool in saving many lives.
In honor of the 12 people killed and the lives saved thanks to blood donations, a survivor of the theater shooting is helping to organize a first-ever blood drive at the Century Aurora Theater. Dylan Boxer was in theater 9 with a friend when the gunman opened fire. From his seat in the fourth row, not far from where the shooter entered the theater, Boxer narrowly escaped.
“This is where I almost died,” he said, standing in the parking lot of the movie theater…