Students were watching 'The Princess Bride' when a gunman appeared. Then three seniors rose to confront him.
By Alex Horton Alex Horton General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow May 15 at 9:32 AM Summer was fast approaching, and the students in British literature class had a breezy assignment: Analyze the comedic styles of “The Princess Bride.” A late arrival pierced the darkened room with a gun and a demand.
“There wasn’t a whole lot that was going through my mind at the time. Adrenaline and tunnel vision are a crazy thing,” Jones said at a table, flanked by his parents, Lori and David Jones. “They make it so that you don’t really focus on anything but what’s right in front of your face at that moment.” “I thanked him so many times for giving me a call, because I knew from the very first that my son was okay,” Lori Jones said. “I didn’t have the fear other parents did.”
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