“I don’t think you understand just how much you’ve done,” Joe Biden informed the person.

Washington:

President Joe Biden on Thursday referred to as the 26-year-old who wrestled the gun away from a suspected mass shooter in California, telling him: “You are America.”

“I wanted to call and see how you’re doing and thank you for taking such incredible action in the face of danger,” Biden is heard telling Brandon Tsay on a recording of the decision.

Biden posted a video on Twitter of his chat with Tsay, who wrestled the firearm from a 72-year-old man at a ballroom in Alhambra throughout Lunar New Year celebrations — after the person had opened fireplace at a dance corridor in close by Monterey Park, killing 11 individuals.

After Tsay managed to safe the gun in an prolonged tussle — captured on closed circuit video later launched by US media — the suspect left the Lai Lai Ballroom & Studio. The subsequent morning, he shot himself useless as police closed in on his van.

“I don’t think you understand just how much you’ve done for so many people who are never even going to know you. But I want them to know more about you,” Biden mentioned.

“You have my respect. You are America, pal,” the president mentioned. “America’s never backed down. We’ve always stepped up because of people like you.”

Tsay might be heard saying he was “still processing what I did and what I experienced.”

“For you to call, that’s just so comforting for me,” he tells Biden.

At a White House celebration later Thursday for the Lunar New Year, Biden referred to as for a second of silence in reminiscence of the victims and once more praised Tsay.

“He charged the gunman, wrestled him to the ground and took away a semi-automatic pistol,” Biden mentioned.

“I think sometimes we underestimate the incredible acts of courage: someone is shooting and has a semi-automatic pistol aimed at you and you think about others. It’s pretty profound.”

Biden additionally hailed police and different first responders, saying “they answered the call.”

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