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Julian Edelman to Instagrammer who potentially helped prevent a school shooting: ‘We appreciate you’

Julian Edelman has a message for the Instagram user who helped him and his assistant potentially stop a school shooting: Thank you.

The New England Patriots wide receiver spoke about the threat left in the comments of one of his Instagram photos in an interview that appeared on Friday’s episode of “Good Morning America.”

Real-life super hero @NFL @Patriots star @Edelman11 speaks out after stopping a potential school shooting: https://t.co/CYFWZx5rVM@GioBenitez reports from Times Square. pic.twitter.com/rvboQnjk9J

— Good Morning America (@GMA) April 6, 2018

“It’s scary to think that those types of things can happen at a place of learning,” Edelman said on “GMA,” “and a place where kids are going just to grow up.