Total craziness today in Aston, especially since my two cousins, Alexis (12) and Andrew (17), were caught up in this, and were "locked down" in their two schools until 6pm. I talked with Alexis after she got home, and she said that the "lock down" = classroom doors automatically lock from the outside so no one can get in, the blinds are drawn, and the kids and teachers all go to the back of the room so that if a crazed gunperson looks in the classroom window, he/she will not see any students.
According to the 4pm news, all parents had been notified via phone and email, and were asked NOT to come and get their kids. This was total BS!!! I talked to their mom (my 1st cousin Maria) many times today, and not once did she receive a phone call to the situation from either school. The only reason she knew what was going on is because her husband is a fireman in Aston, and he got the news over his pager at 1pm today. Both kids were able to use their cell phones to call Maria and let her know they were okay. JGlow might be placing some calls tomorrow.
This upset me greatly - I was so worried that someting would happen to my precious cousins before they even grew up; I love them so much. How dare! I recall the biggest worry I had in highschool was if my bloomers were on straight under my cheerleading skirt. It really sucks to be a kid these days.
Here is the report form the NBC 10 site:
A gunman has surrendered after a standoff at an Aston, Pa., bar near two schools. Nearly 2,000 students were stuck at school during the afternoon.
The gunman surrendered peacefully at 6:30 p.m. after a standoff that lasted 4 1/2 hours. He had been talking with police for several hours.
Gunshots were reported inside a bar just before 2 p.m. The bar, Harrykat's Pub & Grille, was then surrounded by police.
Northly Junior High School and Sun Valley High School were under a lockdown. The schools have 1,800 combined students and they were evacuated safely.
A source told NBC 10 that a bar patron was in the bar and was refused service by a bartender. The man then pulled out a gun and shot several times in the air.
Per Maria, the bar patron recently lost his business that was right next door to the bar, as well as his home. However, this is NO excuse to put my cousins in danger.
JGlow out.
10 comments:
So a guy goes crazy inside the bar, and because it's next door to the schools, the schools have to go on lockdown?
That doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. They couldn't walk the kids out of the opposite side of the school for instance? I'm assuming the guy was inside the bar the whole time, that's how it sounds from the article. I wondering how real the danger was for the kids? Sounds a bit knee-jerk to me.
I hear you. I think the whole thing was ridiculous...why couldn't they tear gas him since he was the only guy in the place? A waste of time and money.
The dude probably just wanted some Stella, then got pissed when the bar didn't have any.
my gun would go off too if all a saw was bud and bud light
The cat lost his JOB and Crib and had no coin to pay for his drinks, he tryed a self pour and got busted.
Just goes to show you never reach across and self pour....
I have to give CCN credit too, as she's one of the few women who doesn't just drink beer, but drinks GOOD BEER!
Cheers!
CCN? Who's that? Is it friend of CCR, the band?
You don't know Credence Clearwater Nolan???
CCN plays in the Holy Swahili Sister's Brother's Cousin's Uncle's Band.
d will like that...it's so robbie westqueeve
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