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‘Lucky One’ Describes Oregon Shooting

Student told he would live, deliver flash drive to cops.

The student identified by the Umpqua Community College shooter as the "Lucky One" who would survive and have to deliver a package to authorities released his first public statement Friday night. "He looked directly at me and said, 'Hey kid with the glasses, you are the lucky one. I will not shoot you if you give this to the cops,'" Matthew Downing said. "I stood up and he pointed the gun at me and this is the moment I thought I was going to die. He paused for a second and then handed the envelope to me and said to sit in the very back seat and face him.” Downing said the gunman told him the package included a flash drive.