Commentary: When Highland Park students faced another threat of gun violence, this is how they felt.
In an instant, the science lab turned into a bunker. Students barricaded the door with an 8-foot phalanx of desks. Many armed themselves with improvised weapons — steel Bunsen burner rods, fire extinguishers, yardsticks and glass jars filled with plastic bread tags.
After two chilling hours, suspects were in custody, and authorities instructed us to hold tight. Earlier that morning, dozens of students had staged a walkout to call for a national assault weapons ban. “I can’t even bring together words to express my feelings right now. 10 minutes after protesting violence, I’m sitting in a barricaded room. No person should endure one, nonetheless two shootings in their lifetime, and in a 9-month span. Complacency is no longer an option. When I make it out of this lockdown, I won’t rest until change is made. F*** guns.”
When we received the all-clear, we formed a gratitude circle, and shellshocked kids headed home to family — nearly all of whom experienced the July Fourth shooting firsthand.
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