Anthony Borges, 15, hailed as hero of Florida school shooting

Boy was shot five times as he shielded fellow students in Parkland classroom

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(Image credit: Broward County Sheriff's Department/Facebook)

A teenage survivor of the Florida school shooting put himself in the line of fire to save fellow students, according to a classmate.

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