Heroic Coach Disarms Student Gunman Attempting to Kill Himself, Earns Congressional Medal of Honor

Heroic Coach Disarms Student Gunman Attempting to Kill Himself, Earns Congressional Medal of Honor
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Football coach and security guard Keanon Lowe, of Parkrose High School in Portland, Oregon, has received the 2020 Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroic role in disarming a student who brought a loaded shotgun to campus with fatal intentions.

After Lowe was alerted on May 17, 2019, that senior Angel Granados-Diaz had been making suicidal statements following a breakup, the former Oregon University wide receiver talked the student into giving up the gun and then stayed with him until police arrived.