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Century Aurora theater reopens with ceremony, showing of “The Hobbit”

Tom Sullivan, left rear, whose son Alex was slain in the Aurora theater shooting, watches the reopening ceremony with family members Thursday in Auditorium I, the remodeled Theater 9 of the Century Aurora theater. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post)
Tom Sullivan, left rear, whose son Alex was slain in the Aurora theater shooting, watches the reopening ceremony with family members Thursday in Auditorium I, the remodeled Theater 9 of the Century Aurora theater. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post)

Seated toward the front of Auditorium I, Pierce O’Farrill pointed to the walkway a few feet in front of him. “That’s around where a SWAT team guy found me and then dragged me to safety,” he said.

It had been almost six months earlier to the day, and O’Farrill returned to the renovated movie theater where he was shot three times in a mass shooting.

“This is weird, man,” said O’Farrill, his eyes glancing around. “I’m glad to be here, and, obviously, I’m glad to be alive.”