Joshua Quick, a second-year law school student at Florida State University, left, and FSU President John Thrasher at Nov. 16, 2018 Board of Trustees meeting. (Photo: Bill Lax/FSU Photography Services) 
 
 Florida State University President John Thrasher and the board of trustees Friday committed $30,000 of their personal money to cover law school costs for Joshua Quick. 
 
 Quick, a second-year law student at FSU, has been hailed as a hero for his efforts in attacking the shooter who opened fire Nov. 2 at the Hot Yoga studio in Tallahassee. 
 
 Two people, Dr. Nancy Van Vessem, 61, an internist and medical director for Capital Health Plan, and Maura Binkley, a 21-year-old student majoring in German and English at FSU, were killed in the shooting. 
 
 Five other people were wounded. 
 
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 Quick, in an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America,” said after shooter Scott Beierle fired shots inside the Midtown studio, he confronted him with a vacuum cleaner, hitting him over the head when the shooter’s weapon stopped firing. 
 
 Quick was pistol-whipped and bloodied, but went after Beirle again, hitting him with a broom. The exchange allowed others to escape the studio. 
 
 Buy Photo A first responder talks to Joshua Quick moments after a shooting in the Hot Yoga Studio in Midtown on Nov. 2. Quick was pistol whipped as he tried to fight off the gunman with a vacuum cleaner. He has been hailed as a hero. (Photo: Tori Schneider/Tallahassee Democrat) 
 
 Quick thinking: 
 
 Beirle was found dead inside from a self-inflicted gunshot. 
 
 During Friday’s’ meeting, Thrasher praised the efforts of Quick, who has downplayed the “hero” label describing him since the incident. 
 
 On Wednesday, Mayor Andrew Gillum presented Quick with a Key to the City on behalf of a grateful community. 
 
 Thrasher told trustees he didn’t have a key to offer, but instead, wanted to make sure Quick’s law school expenses are covered. 
 
 “We are going to start an effort to take care of the rest of his time at our law school,” Thrasher said after bringing Quick to the front of the room. 
 
 “I want you to know how much gratitude we have for what you did,” Thrasher said to Quick. 
 
 Joshua Quick, a second-year law student at Florida State University, gives brief remarks during Nov. 16, 2018 Board of Trustees meeting. (Photo: Bill Lax/ FSU Photography Services) 
 
 Quick, standing before trustees at the Turnbull Conference Center, thanked Thrasher in brief remarks before leaving the room. 
 
 “I want to offer my gratitude to everybody,” he said. “Thank you all for the recognition I don’t feel I deserve.” 
 
 Following a break, board chairman Ed Burr passed out pledge cards to members to indicate their support. Thrasher said he was hoping to raise $35,000 to $45,000 to cover Quick’s tuition and expenses. 
 
 “I’m confident we will rally the necessary resources to do the right thing for what he did for the people in that room,” Thrasher later said. 
 
 Thrasher said the contributions would go through the FSU Foundation earmarked for the FSU College of Law general scholarship fund. 
 
 By the end of the meeting, Burr announced trustees had responded with $30,000. 
 
 Burr said it was clear trustees were moved by the tragedy and Quick’s efforts. 
 
 “This young man saved lives in a moment of stress," Burr said. "He responded heroically. 
 
 “That’s a pretty impressive number for a smaller board to come up with in a few hours.” 
 
 Thrasher said he and his wife, Jean, and members of his leadership team plan to attend a celebration of life for Binkley at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 25, in Atlanta. 
 
 More: The victims of the Hot Yoga Tallahassee shooting, Sunday vigils, the GoFundMe page 
 
 Contact senior writer Byron Dobson at bdobson@tallahassee.com or on Twitter @byrondobson. 
 
 To contribute: 
 
 Checks can be made to “The FSU Foundation” and mailed to The FSU Foundation, 323 W. College Ave., Tallahassee, Fl 32301-9969, or, go online at http://foundation.fsu.edu. Checks should be earmarked: FSU College of Law General Scholarship Fund. 
 
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 'He saved my life': Joshua Quick fought off yoga studio gunman with vacuum, broom 
 
 Jeff Burlew | Tallahassee Democrat 
 
 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida man who is being hailed as a hero for fighting back against the gunman who killed two people at a yoga studio said Sunday he used what he could to try to stop to the gunman. 
 
 On "Good Morning America" on Sunday, Joshua Quick said after Scott Beierle opened fire Friday night, he confronted him with the only weapon he could find – a vacuum cleaner with a heavy end. 
 
 “The gun stopped firing,” said Quick. “I don’t know if it jammed or what. So I used that opportunity to hit him over the head with it.” 
 
 The gunman pistol-whipped Quick, bloodying his face. But Quick recovered and tried to stop Beierle again. 
 
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 “I jumped up as quickly as I could, ran back over and next thing you know, I’m grabbing a broom, anything I can. And I hit him again.” 
 
 Quick’s actions gave time for others to escape the yoga studio. Among those who got away was Daniela Garcia Albalat. Before Quick intervened, she told ABC, she thought she would die at the gunman’s hands. 
 
 “I want to thank that guy from the bottom of my heart,” she said, “because he saved my life.” 
 
 Two people, Dr. Nancy Van Vessem, an internist and chief medical officer for Capital Health Plan, and Maura Binkley, a Florida State University student, were killed in the shooting. 
 
 Five other people were wounded. Three of them were released from Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare on Saturday. 
 
 It wasn't clear whether the other two have been released as well. Their names are not listed in the hospital's directory, said Danielle Buchanan, a hospital spokeswoman. That could mean they have been released. But it's also possible law enforcement or the patients themselves asked not to be listed. 
 
 Follow Jeff Burlew on Twitter: @JeffBurlew 
 
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– Joshua Quick is being hailed as a hero—now, if only he would agree. "I want to offer my gratitude to everybody," said the second-year Florida State University law student Friday at a meeting of FSU's board of trustees, per the Tallahassee Democrat. "Thank you all for the recognition I don't feel I deserve." FSU President John Thrasher and the board promised at least $30,000 of their own money to pay Quick's school costs for his actions during the Nov. 2 hot-yoga shooting in Tallahassee. "We are going to start an effort to take care of the rest of his time at our law school," said Thrasher, who expressed hope the board would give more. "I want you to know how much gratitude we have for what you did." Quick has stayed humble about his actions that day. On Good Morning America, Quick said he only struck shooter Scott Beierle with his own gun because the weapon had stopped firing, per USA Today. The 40-year-old assailant pistol-whipped Quick until bloodied, but the student kept fighting: "I jumped up as quickly as I could, ran back over and next thing you know, I'm grabbing a broom, anything I can," said Quick. "And I hit him again." Quick's actions allowed others to escape the studio where two women—Dr. Nancy Van Nessem, 61, and student Maura Binkley, 21—were murdered in cold blood and five were wounded. "I want to thank that guy from the bottom of my heart," says survivor Daniela Garcia Albalat, "because he saved my life." (Beierle demeaned women in YouTube videos.)