Episode

1778: "The Waffle House Hero"

Podcast: Interesting Things with JC
Published: Sep 17, 2026
Duration seconds: 148
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Summary

Interesting Things with JC #1778: "The Waffle House Hero" – James Shaw Jr. is trapped inside a Waffle House as a gunman fires through the restaurant, then the shooting stops. Shaw rushes the gunman, grabs the hot rifle barrel with his bare hand, wrestles the weapon away, and later turns the attention on him into more than $240,000 for the victims’ families.