TRITON TWITTER: WHAT HAPPENED IN YOUR CLASSROOM DURING THE LOCKDOWN DRILL?

Rob Riordan, sophomore: “I wasn’t here that day.”

Becca Mastey, sophomore: “You’re not gonna quote me on this, right? But umm… we sat and talked.”

Aubrey Johnson, sophomore: “We sat in the corner and Madame told us what to do if the bad guy comes.”

Alyssa Vanden Busch, sophomore: “I don’t know, just sat and talked.”

Mark Vandenberg, sophomore: “We had a dangle sesh.”

Mr. Bob Vickman:  “Luckily we were well-defended, not only by myself, but by a slew of make-shift catapults.”

Dane Mariani, senior: “I was walking in from a doctor’s appointment and someone screamed from Mr. Kircher’s window, ‘Dane, we’re in lock down! You’re gonna die!’”

Heather Wulf, junior:  “We went into a corner and talked about life and school and chilled while we were in the band room.”

Erika Morales, junior: “We turned off the lights and put our heads down in Mrs. Stanczak’s classroom.”

Tatum Snyder, junior: “We talked to Mrs. Hollenback while sitting behind a lab table.”

Doctora Mulroney: “My students didn’t think my plan worked, but we sat pretzel leg in a corner.”

Abby McCormick, freshman: “Mr. Lagerman stood behind the door and said, ‘If the gunman sticks his gun through the door, I’m going to grab it and say GAME ON!’”

Michael LaTorre, freshman: “Father Dane came to our class and told Father Gilsdorf that we were in a lockdown drill because he did not hear it over the announcements.”

Meghan McNamara, senior: “Mr. Lagerman said that he began putting up post cards of churches  to try and convert the intruders.”

 Meghan Kerwin, sophomore: “Our class would have died.  We were standing right in view of the window.”

Andrew Burnett, freshman: “We were in Lab 108 with all that glass and open windows.  I feared for my life.   It would  have been over.”

Rachel Pigeon, junior:  “I hid under Mrs. Abler’s desk, the lights went off, and then it got real scary.”

Andrew Gorniak, freshman:  “I planned on hiding by the door, kicking the gun man, stealing his ammo, sneaking into the ceiling and then attacking him again.”

Pat Strickler, sophomore: “Andrew tried to save us all.”

Jean Thillman, English: “I sat quietly and corrected people’s grammar.”

Hannah Heide, senior: “Kevin Hogan got way too close to me.”

Mrs. Mary Schmidt, librarian: “It was kind of lonely because it was just me, Mrs. Huntley, and one other student.”

Mikayla Dhein, junior: “We were talking about how we were all going to die because there were so many windows.”

Sr. Laura Zelten:  “If there were really a lockdown, I’d go to my closet and pray.”

Nicole VanCampenhout, junior:  “I ate food in Mrs. Hall’s room.”

Joe Klonowski, sophomore:  “I just chilled in the room.”

Drew Gifford, junior:  “We had students hiding in the cabinets in Mr. Thompson’s room.”

Cora Gryboski, junior: “I hid under Mrs. Abler’s desk. It got pretty crazy.”

Michael Igniasiak, sophomore: “Matthew Raymaker was our sacrifice, but he kept us well defended with his catapult from math class.”

Andrew Martzahl, sophomore: “We probably would have died.”

Alyssa Vandenbusch,sophomore: “Michael Ignasiak protected me from anything that could cause me any harm.”

Brett Van Alstine,sophomore: “If someone dangerous had entered the school, we would have been the first to die.”

Matthew Raymaker, sophomore: “I was just happy I had my prayers to keep me safe.”