i want to talk to alex milano. he is 19 years old and was in the movie theater with his 14-year-old sister 86 appreciate you joining us today. >> no problem. >> mike: you and your sister were in the movie theater when you first heard the commotion. did you think it was part of the movie or did you know something was not quite right? >> i started to think that something might not be right. at the first time i heard it i thought fireworks, i thought special effects, you know, midnight showing of a much anticipated movie why wouldn't they? >> mike: was there panic in the theater where you were? you were in the theater next door is that, correct? >> yes, theater eight. i was across the hallway from theater nine. >> mike: and was there a panic even in theater eight the one adjacent to where the shooting took place. >> there wasn't a panic until a couple of people got up and started to run out of theater after the first what i thought were fireworks went off and i notice they were actually -- sorry. >> mike: what was you

and joining me now is alex milano and he's there with his mother angela and thank both of you for beingth us. and i want to talk to you angela, but start with your son because i want you to tell me, alex, where were you when the shooting started, when holmes started shooting. >> i was in theater 8, i was two rows down from the top of the theater and it all started with what i thought were fireworks, and from there it just got worse. >> right, theater eight is next door to where holmes was, he was in theater nine. initially my understanding that you along with other movie goers, oh, maybe it's fireworks, maybe it's part of the heighten the mood of this big premier? >> yeah, we thought it was a special effects at first, and one of the girls that i was talking to in the row in front of me turned around and had to give me a little slap on the knee, they're doing special effects and that's what i thought at first and that's when the second, what we thought were fireworks went off and then-- i knew something was off. >> when you knew something was off, what did you do. tell me that moment. al

. >> mike: i want to talk to alex milano, 19 years old and he was in the movie theater with his 14-year-old sister. thank you for joining us today. >> no problem. >> mike: you and your sister were in the movie theater when you first heard the commotion, did you think it was part of the movie or did you know something was not quite right? >> i started to think that something might not be right, but at the first time i heard it, i thought fireworks, i thought special effects. you know, midnight showing of a much anticipated movie, why wouldn't they? >> was there panic in the theater where you were? you were in the theater next door, is that correct? >> yes, theater eight. i was actually across the hallway from theater nine. >> and was there a panic even in theater eight, the one adjacent to the one where the shooting took place? >> there wasn't a panic until a couple of people actually got up and started to run out of the theater. after the first, what i thought were fireworks went off. >> and alex-- >> and i noticed at that they were actually -- sorry. >> mike: what was your first instinct,

inside theater 8 witness alex milano, sitting there with his little sister in the upper seats. i spoke with him earlier today. >> it was the first sound that made me think fire crackers 'cause i saw the smoke and it synced with th we movie.th i turned and look and i could see the wall rip, like something came through it. that's when other people stood up and started moaning like they were in pain. >> it had to be terrifying. >> for me, it was scary, s definitely at fliers. but right away, my body just went numb. >> he says he grabbed his sister and ran out the balcony exit and that the smoke was already there from the gas canister and it felt suffocating.ns he says he wishes he doesn't remember everything as well as he does, but he sees it every time hl e closes his eyes. >>> the political world screech to go a halt in the wake of the shooting. attack ads thef campaigns had coloradonot guilty have since stopped running. the president and governor mitt abbreviating and canceling campaign events. democrats and republicans alike sending condolences to the victims' families, thanki

alex milano was in theater eight with his sister. >> i saw multiple things coming through the walls.eard moaning like they were in pain. >> reporter: back in theater nine, people were frantic. clamoring over the dead and injured to reach an exit. the cell phone video captured the ensuing frenzy. >> i was having a hard time breathing because of the tear gas or whatever he put through, and i was having a hard time breathing, and i'm, like, i'm go ing to suffocate if i can't get out of here. we were crawling and crawling. >> reporter: but the genmunman firing on people as they tried to escape. >> on my way out, i see dead bodies and people were lifeless, like 14-year-old girl was on the stairs, i don't know how old she was, but that's how old she was to me and she was lifeless. >> reporter: at 12:39 a.m., the 911 dispatcher board lit up. >> somebody is shooting in the auditorium. at least one person has been shot. they're saying hundreds of people just running around. >> reporter: officers from the aurora police department descended on an appalling scene. >> we got another person outsid

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