ORLANDO, Fla. (WFLA) — One of the survivors of a mass shooting on Halloween in Orlando told reporters he is thankful to be alive after he was grazed in the head by a bullet.

Anthony Berry, 20, spoke at a news conference with doctors on Friday afternoon and recalled the moment of the shooting.

Berry said he was invited downtown with his friends for Halloween. They were walking around when one of his friends got shoved aggressively.

He said everything happened quickly, but he remembers someone starting to get aggressive while someone behind him tried to de-escalate the situation. Next thing he knew, he was ducking as the shooting happened.

“After it happened, the first thing I did was thank God I’m still here,” Berry said. “It means I have another opportunity to achieve my goals in life.”

Berry said he knew he was bleeding, but grabbed his shirt and put it over his head.

“I was just making sure I was protecting the people I was with,” he said.

Berry said his heart goes out to everyone else affected by the shooting. He said the shooting won’t affect how he feels about going out.

“It’s life,” he said. “You can’t determine what’s going to happen…I’m gonna be me at the end of the day, keep my head held high.”

Doctor Joseph Ibrahim said a centimeter or two made all of the difference.

“There’s really not much protection there, just skin,” he said.

The 17-year-old shooting suspect, Jaylen Dwayne Edgar, wounded eight people, killing two of them, according to the Orlando Police Department. A ninth person was hurt by being trampled.

Edgar was taken into custody and does have a previous arrest record. Edgar is charged with two counts of first-degree murder with a firearm and six counts of attempted first degree murder with a firearm.