On July 20, 2012, Staff Sgt. Jesse Evan Childress, 29, was killed at the midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises at the Century 16 theater in Aurora, Colorado. Childress, an Air Force cyber-systems operator stationed at Buckley Air Force Base, dove in front of a fellow airman to shield her from gunfire during an attack by a lone gunman who also used tear gas. His friend survived; Childress was fatally wounded.

The shooter was apprehended outside the theater minutes later. The attack left 12 people dead, including Childress, and about 70 injured. Colleagues remembered Childress as knowledgeable, experienced, respectful, and always willing to help, a fun-loving and valued member of his unit whose life ended in a moment of selfless courage.

Did anyone who knew Jesse personally have memories of him from Buckley Air Force Base or the Aurora community to share?