it s a bentley. it s great that we ve got a show originating today from washington and also new york city. we got a whole bunch to talk about. first as we always do, we kick things off to show you what happened in the world, headlines with heather. good morning. we re watching what s happening in pennsylvania. police have now interviewed the young man who stabbed some of his classmates. but they still don t have any information about what caused him to go on that stabbing spree. police investigating a phone call and this could be a possible clue. a phone call that 16-year-old alex, ebel made tuesday night threatening an older classmate. kids at the school say the sophomore had been bullied. he s now been charged as an adult in the attack. 21 students and a school security guard had been hurt. the assistant principal is being hailed a hero. he con fronted the teen-ager, eventually tackling him and stopping more attacks. mr. king immobilized him.
slashed 21 students as a school security guard. it all began at the senior high science wing. he had a blank expression on his face and he choose his victims at random. many students still at their lockers as they were attacked. i walked into school and i saw kids running. i was told to get out of there as quickly as possible. assistant principal sam king tackled him with the help of a security guard and another student. mr. king immobilized him, he pinned him down i jumped on top of him as well and held down his wrist and arms tried to keep the knife stationary. helping to get people out of the building a fire alarm was believed to have been pulled by a student. other students stayed by their classmate s side some using paper towels to apply pressure to wounds until help rived.
no one knew what to do. it it s unbelievable. no one knew that it was happening. it it reporter: police say the assailant was 16-year-old sophomore alex hribal. he ran through the halls wielding two eight to ten-inch knives. 22 people were stabbed, a security guard and 21 students. there was blood right where the double doors are, all over the wall. reporter: the school s assistant principal, sam king, is being called a hero for tackling the suspect and stopping his spree. mr. king immobilized him. he pinned him down. i jumped on top of him, as well, and just held down his wrists and arms and twried to keep the knife stationary. reporter: witnesses said the people were crying and screaming in the hallways. audio from police radio captured the chaos. i don t know what i got going down at school here, but i need some units here asap. reporter: officials said this could have been worse. during the attack, a student pulled the fire alarm. police say that helped quickly
spree inside his pennsylvania high school. police are investigating a phone call that 16-year-old alex hribal made on tuesday night threatening an older classmate. now classmates say that he was constantly bullied. bullied. he has b an it left 21 students and a security guard hurt. being hailed a hero this morning, the assistant principal, sam king, who confronted the teenager, eventually tackling him. mr. king immobilized him, he pinned him down. i jumped on top of him as well and held down his wrests and arms and tried to keep the knife stationary. the suspect s father is speakering out. saying, quote, my prayers go out to everyone injured and i hope they recover as soon as possible. and we will keep you posted. and now a fifth person under
describe ad dramatic scene when the assistant principal sam keane intervened. here is the story. mr. king took off to take the kid down. i was behind him. we both jumped on him and immobilized him. i was put in a situation i didn t know what was going on until i was in the middle of it. do you saved lives. no. i think that mr. king was the main hero. mr. king immobilized him. he pinned him down. i jumped on top of him and held down his wrist and arms and tried to keep the knives stationary. 24 people were injured all together. some of them stabbed. some of them ininjured in the melee that ensued. one student remains in critcan. what could have caused him to lash out with two kitchen knives? nobody knows. the district attorney said during the court appearance, during the appearance yesterday, mr. peck, the d.a. said that he