Nearly two months after a shooting inside Constant Hall at Old Dominion University, ROTC cadet Jah-Ire Urtarte is telling the harrowing story about what happened inside the classroom on March 12 — and why he believes Lt. Col. Brandon Shah saved his life.
“The only reason why I’m alive today is because he, he charged head first and to save the rest of us,” Jah-ire Urtarte said.
Urtarte is a senior at Old Dominion University, double majoring in psychology and human services while preparing to commission into the Army Reserves through ODU’s ROTC program. He says his ROTC journey started long before college, following in his father’s footsteps after participating in JROTC in high school…