Joel Verite, 25, ran to help after a woman was screaming 'there's a fella in there stabbing kids'.
A gym worker and window cleaner has been branded a "true hero" after tackling the crazed Southport knifeman, while he stabbed young children at a Taylor Swift dance party.
Kyle Shaw, 20, who works at Level Up Gym in Southport with Joel, told the Mirror: "He's been a true hero, shown nothing but fearlessness and in that second reacted in the best way we could hope for. I think he's truly displayed how much of a fantastic person he is, within that split second he's decided what he's going to do.
"He was one of the first on the scene. He went in with the police and helped to detain the man and then helped to carry a child out. I don't even have words for it, what a hero to pick the kids up and carry them out. He took himself to a different place and did what he had to do." "It was just Joel and just one other police officer. Another police officer turned up and the three of them went in and tackled him to the ground. Apparently one of the police officers Tasered the man and then they just all jumped on him."
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