LSU National Champion Clyde Edwards-Helaire Protected Kid During Gunfire

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) – A 13-year-old boy who was separated from his father in the hysteria during the shooting at the Super Bowl parade celebration in Kansas City on Wednesday was saved by a Chiefs player.

Running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire saw Zach Cotten in need, so he stepped in and helped him to safety.

“Clyde is a great human being,” Zach’s father Chris Cotten said. “He didn’t have to help my son, but he did.”

The Cotten family can breathe easier now than they did after the rally. The father and son duo were separated as bullets rang out around them.

“Somebody yelled, ‘Shooter!’ and everybody started running,” Zach recalled. “I’m panicking because I don’t know where to go. I ran into the player’s room to find the nearest exit. I’m back there panicking, don’t know what to do because I was by myself.”

Zach’s father immediately took out his cell phone and called his son, but things were happening so fast.

“He said, ‘I don’t know where I am,’ but he handed me the phone and it was Clyde. I didn’t know it was Clyde,” Zach’s dad said. “I didn’t know who it was. He said, ‘I have your son. Your son is safe. He’s OK.’”

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