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Portland coach who comforted armed student named one of Time magazine’s heroes of 2019 | Q13 Fox

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Portland coach who comforted armed student named one of Time magazine’s heroes of 2019 | Q13 Fox

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) — A Portland high school coach who confronted and comforted an armed student back in May has been named a hero by Time magazine.

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On May 17, Angel Granados-Diaz brought a loaded shotgun into Parkrose High School while experiencing a mental health crisis.

When Keanon Lowe, the school’s track and football coach and also a campus security guard, saw Granados-Diaz with the gun, he disarmed the teen and then embraced him.

Surveillance video of the encounter was released in October, about a week after Granados-Diaz was sentenced to three years of probation.