As Conn. school shooting unfolded, a custodian ran through the halls warning of a gunman

[The Straight Story]

He said someone had turned on the intercom so that "you could hear people in the office. You could hear the hysteria that was going on. I think whoever did that saved a lot of people. Everyone in the school was listening to the terror that was transpiring."

Also, a custodian ran around, warning people there was a gunman, Varga said.

"He said, 'Guys! Get down! Hide!'" Varga said. "So he was actually a hero." The teacher said he did not know if the custodian survived.

Mergim Bajraliu, 17, heard the gunshots echo from his home and ran to check on his 9-year-old sister at the school. He said his sister, who was uninjured, heard a scream come over the intercom. He said teachers were shaking and crying as they came out of the building.

"Everyone was just traumatized," he said.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/school-shooting-reported-newtown-conn

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Blessings on him........I hope he survived.

[Honeycombe8]

2. Bless him. I can't wait to hear if he survived (I hope). nt

[mainstreetonce]

3. The Columbine kids had cell phones

Children this young don't have them. Teachers may not keep phones2with them as they teach kindergarten.
Communication is an important thing to think about.

[AnnieBW]

4. He was a "foreigner"

With a name like Mergim Bajraliu, he was undoubtedly a "foreigner", or recent immigrant. And today, he's a hero.

[Tx4obama]

6. You need to re-read the article. Mergim Bajraliu was NOT the janitor. He was a brother of ...

one of the kids inside of the school.
Sounds like he did not even go into the school.

[AnnieBW]

7. Oh, thanks.

I've been doing stuff like that all day.

[Cha]

5. Thanks for the link.. Straight Story

[sheshe2]

8. Kind of Eerie

That we have had two deadly things happen within approximately 40 days of one another.Hurricane Sandy and the shootings at Sandy Hook.

Both named Sandy...eerie.

[UtahLib]

9. What a good person - a hero who put the welfare of others before his own. n/t