Survivor thought 'This will be the end of my life'
By ROBERT RAYBy ROBERT RAY, Associated Press?
?Christine Barton kisses her son Stephen Barton, Sunday, July 22, 2012, at the Medical Center of Aurora, in Aurora, Colo. Stephen Barton, of Southbury, Conn., was wounded Friday when a gunman opened fire at a midnight showing of the new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises," in Aurora, where 12 people were killed and dozens more injured. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
Christine Barton kisses her son Stephen Barton, Sunday, July 22, 2012, at the Medical Center of Aurora, in Aurora, Colo. Stephen Barton, of Southbury, Conn., was wounded Friday when a gunman opened fire at a midnight showing of the new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises," in Aurora, where 12 people were killed and dozens more injured. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
Stephen Barton, of Southbury, Conn., recovers Sunday, July 22, 2012, at the Medical Center of Aurora, in Aurora, Colo. Barton was wounded Friday when a gunman opened fire at a midnight showing of the new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises," in Aurora, where 12 people were killed and dozens more injured. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
Stephen Barton, of Southbury, Conn., talks about his injuries Sunday, July 22, 2012, at the Medical Center of Aurora, in Aurora, Colo. Barton was wounded Friday when a gunman opened fire at a midnight showing of the new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises," in Aurora, where 12 people were killed and dozens more injured. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
AURORA, Colo. (AP) ? Stephen Barton says he was bloodied from gunshot wounds as he staggered away from the hellish chaos inside a Colorado movie theater, but he didn't realize how badly he was hurt until he saw the shock in the faces of people who looked at him.
The 22-year-old from Southbury, Conn., and two friends were in the packed suburban Denver theater when a gunman opened fire just after midnight Friday. Twelve died and 58 were injured.
Speaking from his Aurora hospital bed Sunday, Barton said the shooting eventually stopped but the victims were still screaming. He remembers thinking, "This was the end for me, this will be the end of my life."
One of his friends was also injured but her condition wasn't immediately known. His other friend escaped unharmed.
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