Hero who tackled Pennsylvania church gunman breaks silence: 'My pastor's life was in danger'
Christianity,Crime,Germany,New Jersey,Pennsylvania,Pittsburgh,Video,General News
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The horrifying scene made national headlines β an armed man walking up to the front of a church and aiming a gun at the pastor in the middle of his Sunday sermon. He pulled the trigger. The pastor flinched and dove behind the pulpit. Witnesses heard a click, and then a miracle. The gun didn't fire. Deacon Clarence McCallister, who was operating a camera that recorded the entire ordeal on video, sprang into action, jumping over a railing to tackle the gunman before he had a chance to take another...
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