Coach Frank Hall will always be remembered as one of the heroes of the Chardon shooting.
He was the man who chased the gunman out of the high school, and at the time, said he only wished he could have done more.
Now, following the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, it is like déjà vu for him.
“You feel helpless, you feel pissed off, you’re tired of seeing it on TV, reading about it, and knowing exactly what the parents are going to go through, what the community has to go through,” Hall said.
On Wednesday, another football coach became a hero by throwing himself in front of students as bullets flew.
Though he did not survive, like Hall, he put others first.
“Speaks volumes for his community, for him,” Hall said.
It also speaks volumes for change.
Hall started a foundation to put a resource officer in every school in America. He believes people should be trained to protect and prevent the kind of tragedy that took the lives of three Chardon teens and left a fourth paralyzed in late February 2012.
He said it is also time for a conversation.
“Why aren’t people talking about Hollywood and video games and music?” he asked.
He said guns should be part of it too.
“Let’s talk about common sense gun control laws that both sides of the aisle can a hold of. This isn’t a red or blue state issue, it’s a child safety issue and we need to put that before everything else,” he said.
Later this year, Hall will return to Chardon as a coach. For the past few years, he has served on the staff at Lakeside High School in Ashtabula.