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A couple who were in the Aurora, Colorado, theater when a gunman opened fire early Friday told CNN's Piers Morgan that their day ended on a happy note with a marriage proposal.
Patricia Legarreta said Jamie Rohrs popped the question at the hospital after the shooting.
"He said, 'I know this isn’t the time or the place, but will you marry me,' and I said, 'yes,'" Legarreta said.
The couple gained attention in the immediate aftermath of the shootings that left 12 dead and 58 injured because they went to the midnight show of "The Dark Knight Rises" with Legarreta's 4-year-old daughter and their 4-month-old son.
Morgan opened his interview with the couple, saying CNN viewers wanted to know why they would take such young children to a midnight movie.
“I take my kids to the movies all the time,” Legarreta said. "My 4-year-old daughter loves Batman. We were excited."
It was to be a night out for the family that had just moved to the area from New Mexico, she said.
"We decided last-minute to go and get tickets and go as a family to the movies," Legarreta said.
What ensued was a nightmare.
Rohrs described how he lost 4-month-old Ethan in the darkness, gunfire and smoke in the theater and how he had to decide whether to search for the baby or escape the theater himself. He chose the latter.
"Just pray that he won’t kill your 4-month-old," an emotional and shaken Rohrs said he thought as he fled the theater.
Once outside, he debated going back in to find the rest of his family, but then he thought they may be out and he could leave the children orphans if they did get out and he went back in and was killed.
"Just please let them get out alive. I don’t want to live if they all die," Rohrs said he thought to himself.
He later found out Legaretta was able to gather both kids as she escaped the theater, suffering a minor bullet wound in the process.
Legaretta said she feared the worst for Rohrs.
"Going through 10 minutes of thinking he was dead and I’d never see him again, you don’t want that feeling again," she said as to why she welcomed the marriage proposal.
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Why was a 4 month old at a movie starting at midnight? Not only is it an inappropriate time, it's inconsiderate to other movie goers. They should have the kid taken away from them.
How do you know that the baby was a problem in the movie? I have been in movies with babies and some of them sleep the entire time. You have no right to say these things.
The comments about this story baffle me. First of all, it is very easy to say what you would do in a situation such as this when you are sitting in your home safe and didn't live through this. People are so judgmental it is ridiculous. He did not say he left the baby. He stayed in to search for the baby. Do not call this man a coward. You need to read the article. I am not going to judge this mother because she took her kids with her. These are not school age children and it is the summer. Leave these people alone and pray for the families.
I agree, this is an extremely horrific event so who are we to judge... However, given that they've splashed themselves all over every news organization they don't seem too concerned over judgement. ABC has more details on this story, and he did in fact leave his baby and not only that, drove away only to come back after she called him.
@RC Get off the internet, Jamie, and spend some quality time with the family you deserted.
no it says he decided to leave NOT search for his kids. YOU read the article.
my kids are safely asleep in their beds thanks.
Are you crazy???
"Rohrs described how he lost 4-month-old Ethan in the darkness, gunfire and smoke in the theater and how he had to decide whether to search for the baby or escape the theater himself. He chose the latter."
He chose to leave the baby behind and save himself. Not everyone can say what hey would do if hy were in that situation BUT A REAL PARENT WOULD. Obviously you are not a parent because no parent would risk their child's life to save their own. This guy is the walking definition of a coward.
@RC - Are you crazy???
"Rohrs described how he lost 4-month-old Ethan in the darkness, gunfire and smoke in the theater and how he had to decide whether to search for the baby or escape the theater himself. He chose the latter."
He chose to leave the baby behind and save himself. Not everyone can say what they would do if they were in that situation BUT A REAL PARENT WOULD. Obviously you are not a parent because no parent would sacrifice their child's life to save their own. This guy is the walking definition of a coward.
@ RC
You obviously read the article wrong. It clearly said he had to make a choice of trying to find his baby or leaving. He chose the latter.
Mr. Rohrs, please get off the Internet and start taking care of your family.
search for other articles on this "dad" then. in one article they quote him saying the baby was making too much noise and he didn't want the shooter to focus on them, he didn't know what to do. so he put the baby down "for it's own safety." he left his 4-month old on the floor with bullets flying in the smoky, dark theater. that says it all.
ThiS seriously makes me so mad! Irresponsibly taking your kids out that late to
movie, never mind the fact that it's violent. Then abandon your family!!! Stupid woman to say yes.
I think the guy should be charged with child abuse for dumping his baby on the floor and running off. And I can't believe the woman is still even speaking to this guy after he left her and the children there to fend for themselves in a life or death situation, much less agreeing to marry the cowardly fool.
You people are sick!!!!
Seriously...he left without his baby? what kind of parent can do that? And, to top it all off, she said YES to the marriage proposal. Do yourself a favor, lady, find a man who will man up in a life or death situation.
Why is it so wrong to spend time as a family at a movie? I get it is midnight but who says you have to go to bed at a said time everyday? The parents choose to go as a family. You know my husband and I would have taken our son to a late night showing and we are both very educated. I teach parenting classes for a living. My son is very medically complex I don't have family around so yes I would rather him be up late and go as a family then leave him with a random babysitter. Quit judging and realize these parents where spending time with there kids not shipping them off to daycare. Who cares what time it was. So would it make them bad parents to give there kids ice cream for breakfast as opposed to dinner? Says who oh wait society. My kids eat ice cream for breakfast many many days but it is blended up frozen bananas with berry and granola topping but to them it is ice cream the best raw ice cream around. Love your kids spend time with them and be there quit wasting your time judging others and go spend time with your families.
I agree. I have a Masters in Education and work with kids for a living. I find all of these expert parents to come off as ridiculous. Worrying about bed times is ridiculous. Especially at 4 months old, many babies are up at all hours anyway. I was lucky in that our baby slept through the night from the time we brought her home from the hospital.
Too many parents today send their children to babysitters or daycare all day while they work. Then they get home at 6PM and put their kids in bed at 7 or 8. These same parents are the ones judging a family for actually wanting to spend time with their children. I have never put my daughter to bed when I get home from work because I like to spend time with her.
I'm all for taking your children to a child appropriate movie as a family to spend time together. Taking a 3 month old baby and a 4 year old child to an incredibly loud ultra violent action film (regardless of the time of day) is not good for either child and not wise parenting. The sound level in an action film like that is way to loud for young children's delicate, developing ears. Though the baby may not be able to comprehend the films content, a four year is old enough to be scared and possibly traumatized by the violent content. Why would a parent want their 4 year old to see graphic images of people being killed? So they can become so desensitized to violence that they grow up to become the type of adults that show up at violent action films dressed as one of films characters and shoot people? I'm sorry, but sometimes some parents do need to be judged.
All movies,never mind Batman are scary for young children. They are not developmentally appropriate and if you are a parent, maybe you should delay your own entertainment needs and stay home with your children.
Of course he proposed after the shooting. He realized who has the balls in the family!!
Im with U! Marcia
It was a safe bet that these two were horrible parents considering they brought 2 children to a midnight showing of a PG13 movie. Not to mention naming your child Azeria.
This news is perfect. Now they can get married and make a few more babies that he can abandon. These two have been all over the news today; seems like they're enjoying the spotlight.
It is unfathomable to me how these people could be so thoughtless and selfish as to bring their very young children to a midnight screening of this movie. They should be ashamed of themselves. I wonder if they would think twice about subjecting their newborn to the sound of a jet engine for 2 hours? That is basically the equivalent of the decibel rating of most movie theatres showing an action film filled with violence/explosions. Notwithstanding the shooting, these people should have child protective services take a good hard look at their parenting skills – I bet they are lacking in other important areas as well. Too bad the media is too focused on getting sympathy for this family – I have none, except for those kids, who deserve better parents.
Well said Lorlee. I agree with you 100%.
Sounds like everyone here is a parenting expert, that's excellent! I think many of your points are absolutely ridiculous. First off, why is bringing a 4 month old baby to a midnight show so bad? Would it be better to leave this baby with a sitter? My wife and I took our daughter everywhere with us when she was a tiny baby. She only cried when she was hungry and breastfed. She slept through the night. She could say her ABCs and talk in sentences far ahead of her time. She was fully potty trained at 2. Taking her out with us to midnight movies and other events did not adversely affect her.
She just turned 4 a week ago and begged me to take her to see "The Dark Knight Rises" with me last night. The ONLY reason that I didn't take her was because I knew she didn't get a very long nap and would be too tired for the late movie. If she had taken a proper nap I would have had no qualms with taking her out with me. Instead, I will take her another time, but I believe this to be a personal choice.
All of you need to quit being so judgmental. I think it's much better for parents to do things with their kids as opposed to the other parents there last night who had children at home with sitters or who never spend quality time with their own children.
...."do things with their kids as opposed to the other parents there last night who had children at home with sitters or who never spend quality time with their own children." Vince, what sort of things do you do with your kids or what sort of "quality" time do you have with your kids between midnight and 2 am? I'm guessing none – unless you're vampires!
My point is that these parents cannot fathom spending ANY time with their kids. Too many parents work all day, leave their kids at the day care. then they get home at 6 and put their kids to bed at 8. They spend a couple hours a day with their kids. These same people are blasting a couple who actually seems to enjoy their children. I do not give my daughter a bed time or pawn her off on random people. She spends times with her parents, grandparents and other family. She naps when she needs a nap, plays when she needs to play and always goes to bed when she's tired.
It's bad because it is a VERY LOUD AND VIOLENT MOVIE. They shouldn't take those kids into that movie at ANY time of the day!
It's not just a personal choice. Not when it affects other people in the theater. This movie is two hours and 44 minutes long. Most little kids I've known, cannot sit that long without getting cranky or crying. This disrupts the other people there trying to enjoy the movie. This wasn't an animated kids movie, where the crankiness & crying is to be expected. I'm all for spending time with your kids and family, but at appropriate times of the day at more age appropriate activities. When my daughter was 4 months old (and when shew as four years old) she WAS in bed at midnight. We all know that there is a level of danger that rises when the sun sets. This is why most women don't decide to go jogging alone at night in a park at midnight. The same common sense should be applied when it comes to when to take your kids out- even if it was at a crowded theater.
Many parents in this day and age need to grow up and act like adults.
UNBELIEVABLE! He tries so hard to squeeze a tear but darnit, it just won't come. This man is a pathetic excuse for a human being and the fact that she accepted his proposal shows that she's a complete idiot. This man dropped the baby by the stairs and left his family. Not only did he leave them in the theater, he got in his car and LEFT! He had to drive back to pick them up and drive her to the hospital. If he truly had any shred of remorse, he would NOT be doing the interview circuit. He would be racked in guilt and shame and praying that no one ever knew what a selfish coward he was.
Jarell Brooks is the hero in this story. He was the 19 year old stranger that was shot while helping this woman and her children get out of the theater. He is a real hero.
Amen!
That should have been the dad helping his children out...instead of turning tail and running like the wimp he is! Go ahead and report me, cholo. Who cares?
....and someone please krazy glue a condom to that guy's junk – he doesn't need to breed any more!
Unreal story! This is exactly like the Seinfeld episode when George tramples the women and children to get out of a fire. Except this is real and horrific. So terrible these kids were born to these idiots. Children services please get involved here!
After everything that has happened to you, can you REALLY want to be on TV so badly that you would honestly go on and actually SAY those things? Admit those things? Are you that desperate and that stupid?
I am really sorry for what you went through, but good god man... You LEFT them...
I defended the unknown couple who brought a four month old, I can see that as reasonable. Now I know more details. You thought it was reasonable to also bring your four year old?! At midnight?? To a PG13?? TWO of you. Can't even ONE of you be thinking.