Rigby teacher disarmed 6th-grader shooter, hugged her until help arrived
The teacher said she knew the child had a mom somewhere who wasn t aware the girl was in crisis.
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Students embrace after a school shooting at Rigby Middle School in Rigby, Idaho on Thursday, May 6, 2021. (John Roark /The Idaho Post-Register via AP) Author: Associated Press Updated: 5:28 PM MDT May 19, 2021
When a student opened fire at an Idaho middle school, teacher Krista Gneiting directed children to safety, rushed to help a wounded victim and then calmly disarmed the sixth-grade shooter, hugging and consoling the girl until police arrived.
Parents credited the math teacher s display of compassion with saving lives. While two students and the school custodian were shot May 6, all three survived, and the gunfire was over within minutes. Gneiting s family says bravery and empathy are just part of who she is.
By Chuck Dizzle
(Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)
A middle school teacher is describing the terrifying moments when she disarmed a 6th-grade girl who started shooting at her middle schoo.
ABC s Good Morning America, reports how Krista Gneiting, an Idaho teacher was brave enough to confront an active shooter. She told the news out that she heard a gunshot from down the hall and when she looked outside her classroom, she saw the school s janitor lying on the floor at the end of the hallway. So I just told my students, We are going to leave, we re going to run to the high school, you re going to run hard, you re not going to look back and now is the time to get up and go, Gneiting said.
By Chuck Dizzle
(Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)
A middle school teacher is describing the terrifying moments when she disarmed a 6th-grade girl who started shooting at her middle schoo.
ABC s Good Morning America, reports how Krista Gneiting, an Idaho teacher was brave enough to confront an active shooter. She told the news out that she heard a gunshot from down the hall and when she looked outside her classroom, she saw the school s janitor lying on the floor at the end of the hallway. So I just told my students, We are going to leave, we re going to run to the high school, you re going to run hard, you re not going to look back and now is the time to get up and go, Gneiting said.
By Chuck Dizzle
(Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)
A middle school teacher is describing the terrifying moments when she disarmed a 6th-grade girl who started shooting at her middle schoo.
ABC s Good Morning America, reports how Krista Gneiting, an Idaho teacher was brave enough to confront an active shooter. She told the news out that she heard a gunshot from down the hall and when she looked outside her classroom, she saw the school s janitor lying on the floor at the end of the hallway. So I just told my students, We are going to leave, we re going to run to the high school, you re going to run hard, you re not going to look back and now is the time to get up and go, Gneiting said.
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