'I came to the TSA to protect people': Injured officer recounts LAX attack

Transportation Security Administration officer Tony Grigsby talks to reporters with his mother Faye Maye at his home in Los Angeles, Calif., on Monday. Grigsby said he was trying to help an elderly man get to safety when the gunman shot him. Photo by Nick Ut / AP

   
     Tony Grigsby, who has been an officer for nine years, is a Transportation Security Administration officers, was shock twice at work when helping an elderly man, at the Los Angeles International Airport on Friday. He spoke publicly for the first time on Monday and said he was more concerned with the safety of others than his own well-being. Ensuring that those who are TSA officers, do their job, there should be some safety for themselves as well.

This was published on Tuesday 5th November, 2013 by Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News, on NBC U.S News. This photo was taken by Nick Ut / AP.
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