"To God be the Glory Forever and Ever" Says Student Who Miraculously Survived Florida Shooting

News Staff : Nov 21, 2014
CBN News

"The truth is, I was almost killed tonight and God intervened. I know conceptually He can do all things, but to physically witness the impossible and be surrounded by such grace is indescribable. To God be the glory, forever and ever, Amen." -Facebook page of Jason Derfuss

(Tallahassee, FL)—[CBN News] A backpack made the difference between life and death for Florida State University student Jason Derfuss. (Photo via CBN News)

Hours had passed since a gunman opened fire on Derfuss and his fellow students when his friend noticed something odd.

"I pulled out the books and saw they were all ripped apart," the 21-year-old humanities student told NBC News. "I started examining them and my friend found a bullet in the back page."

The book was one of several Derfuss had checked out from the library earlier.

"There is no way I should be alive," he said. "Literally, those books saved my life." (Photo via NBC News)

But Derfuss is crediting more than academics with sparing his life.

"It's crazy: One minute I am checking out books and the next I am crying on my bedroom floor thinking I shouldn't be alive," he said. "Those books saved me, and God saved me."