Parkland’s hero teen finally out of hospital

Nearly two months after Anthony Borges was shot numerous times while shielding classmates from gunfire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the 15-year-old has been released from the hospital.

CNN reported that Borges barricaded a door to try to protect his fellow students but was shot five times on Feb. 14 in Parkland, Florida.

Seventeen students and staff members were killed that day, and 17 others were injured. Anthony is the last of the wounded to be released from the hospital, CNN said.

Anthony told NBC’s “Today” show Wednesday morning that he thought he was “going to die” and now just feels lucky to be alive. “I feel good,” he said. Anthony’s attorney, Alex Arreaza, said Wednesday that the teen was released over the weekend and that, although he is thinner and weak, Anthony is in “good spirits.”

Arreaza said one bullet “clipped” the teen’s liver and three others hit his legs. He said doctors had to remove part of one of his lungs.

Anthony cannot speak for long periods of time without becoming winded, Arreaza said, and the teen will need physical therapy and possible treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.

But, he said, the boy is “happy he’s home.”

“He’s a little shellshocked right now,” Arreaza said. “But his spirits changed completely once he got home. The most noticeable thing is that he was smiling a lot more.”

Anthony was asked on “Today” whether he knew he was a hero. He shook his head, but his attorney was having nothing of it.

“He’s a hero in my book,” Arreaza said, calling Anthony “the real deal.”