MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Moments after rifle blasts reverberated inside a Minneapolis church , Catholic school children wearing plaid jumpers and green polo shirts ducked into pews, some jumping atop friends to protect them from the carnage.

One girl, Lydia Kaiser, was struck shielding her “little buddy” while her father, the school’s gym teacher, helped usher children to safety and reunite them with their parents, according to a family friend organizing fundraising for the family.

A 13-year-old boy named Endre, who was shot twice and rushed into surgery, asked the doctor “can you say a prayer with me?” his aunt said in a GoFundMe posting. Endre's aunt said he’s now recovering, and that surgeon told the family Endre had inspired their medical team.

Amid the horror carried out Wednesday by a

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