Alex Skarlatos leaves ‘DWTS’ to visit family, friends after Oregon shooting

Alex Skarlatos leaves ‘DWTS’ to visit family, friends after Oregon shooting, Dancing with the Stars adversary Alek Skarlatos is aperture up about his time accessory Umpqua Association College and his affliction that he could not be there to advice out during the accumulation shooting.

The 22-year-old Army National Guard Specialist, who became an all-embracing hero afterwards allowance to antithesis a accumulation annihilation artifice aboard a France driver train, had to put his Dancing with the Stars rehearsals on authority afterwards he heard of the abhorrent tragedy at the academy that larboard 10 asleep and seven injured.

"I was enrolled as a apprentice at Umpqua Association College above-mentioned to my 2014 deployment to Afghanistan," Skarlatos said in a statement. "While I was advantageous abundant to be in the appropriate abode at the appropriate time, in August aboard a alternation apprenticed for Paris, I alone ambition that the aforementioned could be said for today," said Skarlatos.

"I ambition that I could accept been there today to assist. I acclaim the aboriginal responders who were on the arena today in Roseburg as they assuredly were basic in extenuative abundant lives and putting a stop to what could accept been added than adverse than it is. My affection and prayers go out to this community, my community, appropriate now."

Skarlatos after tweeted that he was on his way aback to Oregon."Heading home to Roseburg tonight. Everyone forward thoughts and prayers to the families," he wrote.

During an actualization on The Ellen DeGeneres Appearance appearance Thursday, Skarlatos acclaimed how he could accept been on campus were he not aggressive on Dancing with the Stars.

"I beggarly I would accept been there today if I didn't accede to do this show, he said apropos to DWTS. "I had classes best out and everything."

President Barack Obama aswell bidding his affliction and annoyance apropos the baleful campus cutting and common his acceptance that gun laws in the United States charge to change to abstain incidents like the one in Oregon.
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