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Man Who Kept Eating Salad During WHCA Dinner Shooting Says He ‘Wasn’t Scared’
The suspected gunman is in custody, and one Secret Service agent was wounded and later released after the chaotic ballroom shooting.
- Michael Glantz, a Creative Artists Agency agent, calmly ate salad during the White House Correspondents Dinner shooting because of a bad back and concern about hygiene, refusing to put his tuxedo on the dirty floor.
- Glantz was at the event as the agent for CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer, who was near the shooter and was protected by police during the incident.
- The suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, was taken into custody and charged with multiple offenses; one Secret Service agent was shot but has been released from the hospital in stable condition.
- Glantz said he felt safe due to the police presence, while others at the event were less calm during the shooting.
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Man who kept eating salad during WHCA dinner shooting says he ‘wasn’t scared’
One man who did not panic after shots were fired in the vicinity of the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday was Michael Glantz. Glantz, an agent at the Creative Artists Agency, was captured on CNN calmly sitting at his table and eating salad in the aftermath of the shooting. Just after 8:30 p.m.…
By continuing to taste a burrata in the midst of chaos, at the correspondents' dinner in Washington, D.C., on Saturday 25 April, Michael Glantz showed that it is still possible to keep his dignity, and to cut himself off from the world and his bustle.
'Salad Man' Explains Why He Didn’t Take Cover Amid Shooting
Michael Glantz, the man who went viral for casually eating his salad amid the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, revealed that he did not duck for cover as he has a “bad back” and is a “hygiene freak.” Glantz, a “super-agent” with the Creative Artists Agency, has been trending as “#saladman” on social media. Commenters appear wowed by the contrast of those seeking cover under the tables around Glantz while he looks unfazed, eating, in …
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