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#1 Aug 25 2009 at 9:15 AM Rating: Good
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Hero Teacher Halted ‘Columbine-Style’ Attack

SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Hillsdale High teacher Kenneth Santana admitted Tuesday he was merely reacting to the chaos around him when he tackled and subdued a former student, who had entered the school armed with 10 pipe bombs, a sword and a chainsaw.

Santana’s actions were being praised Tuesday for preventing a ‘Columbine-Style’ massacre at the San Mateo high school attended by more than 1,000 students.

He told KTVU that his Monday had a pretty normal start. It was around 8 a.m. and he had just checked in at the school office when the events began to unfold.

“I was on my way to make some copies,” he told KTVU. “I heard the first bang --- it sounded more like a crash to me. So that slowed me down. The second bang came right after that. There was a rush of students and teachers going away from the noise.”

What Santana did not know at the time was the noise was two pipe bombs exploding in a hallway. Fortunately, no one was injured by the blasts and instead of joining the exodus out of school, Santana decided to go toward the noise.

“I decided to turn around and go back the way I came and that’s when the young man came through some glass doors, “he said. “We were facing each other face-to-face.”

“I did not recognize him,” he continued. “I just started my third year at Hillsdale High School so I haven’t been there very long.”

But what Santana did recognize was the military-style vest the young man was wearing.

“It was a reaction, it was really quick,” he said. “After I had my hands on him, I made decisions about what I wanted to do. But closing the distance and grabbing the young man, there wasn’t a lot thinking involved in that.”

“Once he was on the ground,” Santana said. “I saw one pipe bomb on a back pocket. What I did realize, I kind of recognized, was the type of vest he had on. It was a tactical vest.”

The English Language Development Teacher wasted little time subduing the suspect.

“I put him in a bear hug and then I decided to flip him and put him on the ground,” he said. “That’s when the thinking came in -- I thought -- ’If I'm wrong, I’ll apologize to his parents later and if I’m right I’m going to hold this kid down.’”

At that moment, a teacher came out of a nearby classroom and Santana told her to go get help.

“That’s when the principal (Jeff Gilbert) came with another counselor,” he said. “Between the three of us – the principal took an arm, I held onto an arm and (the counselor) took the legs. We restrained the kid until the police came.”

When asked if the young man said anything to him, Santana said: “He said he couldn’t breathe -- which was too bad for him I guess.”

Santana said even nearly 24 hours later he was not having any second thoughts about the risks he took.

“I definitely feel like I did the right thing,” he said. “When I think about the risk, I never really looked at his hands, so thinking back, if he had something in his hands that would have been bad for me.”

“I haven’t had enough time to realize the danger I was in,” he continued. “I slept well last night.”

But his heroics were not lost on San Mateo Police Lt. Mike Brunicardi.

"All the while that the teachers and principal are confronting this kid, holding him down and tackling him, he's got eight live pipe bombs attached to his person," he said.

Meanwhile, the 17-year-old suspect remained in juvenile custody Tuesday while authorities decide on what charges will be filed against him. He has not been identified because he is a juvenile. The high school was closed for the day.


http://www.ktvu.com/news/20547427/detail.html

Bolded the best parts. Pretty awesome story.
#2 Aug 25 2009 at 9:21 AM Rating: Good
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Yeah. If I were his wife I'd be pissed.

And proud, yeah, okay.

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#3 Aug 25 2009 at 9:25 AM Rating: Excellent
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Yeah. If I were his wife I'd be pissed.

And proud, yeah, okay.



Smiley: lol Yeah, I'd have to not think about the danger and just focus on the "He saved a lot of lives" part.
#4 Aug 25 2009 at 9:45 AM Rating: Excellent
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Samira wrote:
Yeah. If I were his wife I'd be pissed.

And proud, yeah, okay.



Oh yeah. But good for him for taking immediate action and potentially saving a lot of lives. I hope he gets some sort of pay raise or bonus. Of course, probably not due to the economy Smiley: glare
#5 Aug 25 2009 at 9:47 AM Rating: Excellent
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Probably not. Smiley: laugh

So the latest is that the kid had dropped out and was angry.

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#6 Aug 25 2009 at 10:14 AM Rating: Excellent
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A real ninja would have taken him out quietly and discreetly.
#7 Aug 25 2009 at 10:28 AM Rating: Decent
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I pirate would of had him walking the plank.
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#8 Aug 25 2009 at 10:39 AM Rating: Excellent
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I pirate


A new Will Smith movie?
#9 Aug 25 2009 at 10:44 AM Rating: Good
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Admiral LockeColeMA wrote:
Elinda wrote:
I pirate


A new Will Smith movie?
Johny and I.

Smiley: frown That's twice today that my typos have been etched, for all time, into someone else's quotes.
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#10 Aug 25 2009 at 10:58 AM Rating: Decent
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Elinda wrote:
Admiral LockeColeMA wrote:
Elinda wrote:
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A new Will Smith movie?
Johny and I.

Smiley: frown That's twice today that my typos have been etched, for all time, into someone else's quotes.


Just edit your original post and deny all knowledge of any such quotes.

Edited, Aug 25th 2009 2:59pm by Turin
#11 Aug 25 2009 at 11:52 AM Rating: Good
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You guys should ban guns now for sure!

If a mere teacher can subdue a potential mass-murderer because he's only armed with swords and chainsaws and DIY pipe bombs, then imagine what would have happened if he'd been tooled up with the contents of his Pa's gun cabinet.....

What more evidence could you possibly need??
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#12 Aug 25 2009 at 12:10 PM Rating: Good
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The kid deserves to be fuck with the pipe bombs. Preferably several at same time.
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#13 Aug 25 2009 at 12:39 PM Rating: Good
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ElneClare wrote:
The kid deserves to be fuck with the pipe bombs. Preferably several at same time.


Sounds like it would be a blast!
#14 Aug 25 2009 at 12:42 PM Rating: Good
Admiral LockeColeMA wrote:
ElneClare wrote:
The kid deserves to be fuck with the pipe bombs. Preferably several at same time.


Sounds like it would be a blast!


One hell of a ********.
#15 Aug 25 2009 at 12:50 PM Rating: Excellent
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ElneClare wrote:
The kid deserves to be fuck with the pipe bombs. Preferably several at same time.


I'm not sure what to sphincter that.

Edited, Aug 25th 2009 8:50pm by paulsol
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#16 Aug 25 2009 at 1:08 PM Rating: Excellent
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ElneClare wrote:
The kid deserves to be fuck with the pipe bombs. Preferably several at same time.


I'm not sure what to sphincter that.


I ****** she's just overreacting
#17 Aug 25 2009 at 1:48 PM Rating: Excellent
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#18 Aug 25 2009 at 2:36 PM Rating: Good
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You guys should ban guns now for sure!


Nah dude, what the story doesn't tell you is that the teacher actually was a gun enthusiast, owning an entire ******* at his home, which was so damn strong and powerful that it morphed his skin into a hardened protective coating, and buffed his muscles over time just through osmosis, and eventually giving him the courage and power to take down the irate child through a psychic man-gun link.

Guns were the prime cause of preventing this massacre.
#19 Aug 26 2009 at 1:06 AM Rating: Decent
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A lesson to all kids, if you're going to take down a school guns are a must.
#20 Aug 26 2009 at 2:03 AM Rating: Decent
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A lesson to all kids, if you're going to take down a school guns are a must.


An addendum:

Your numerous pipe bombs are not impressive at all if you don't even manage to injure anyone or take down at least part of a(n already likely fragile) building with them.

Once you find yourself either in prison, a coffer, or as gray matter on the wall (because face it, you aren't getting away anywhere when you're bogged down with a military vest and assorted weaponry), you'll be looking back and kicking yourself, wondering why the hell you even went through all that bother.

Edited, Aug 26th 2009 6:04am by Fynlar
#21 Sep 04 2009 at 2:08 AM Rating: Default
Paulsol your avatar is very interesting, just as you think you're gonna get to see some bewbs she loops back ; ;
#22 Sep 04 2009 at 3:15 AM Rating: Good
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A pipe bomb, chainsaw, and a sword? That was one pissed off LARP geek.
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#23 Sep 04 2009 at 5:33 AM Rating: Decent
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What'd he really expect to do with a chainsaw?

Seriously. You can do some damage to a person with a chainsaw, but it's not exactly designed for swift dismemberment, and if you **** up you'll cut your head in half. Plus you have to rev the thing. You'll kill or maim a couple of people and then someone will clock you with a chair.

I'm outraged at the sheer stupidity of this latest mass murderer. What has education come to these days?
#24 Sep 04 2009 at 5:36 AM Rating: Good
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I'm outraged at the sheer stupidity of this latest attempted mass murderer. What has education come to these days?


Not much, as he was just in or kicked out high school. I blame the public education system's lack of funding. We need more socialism, obviously!
#25 Sep 04 2009 at 5:57 AM Rating: Decent
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What'd he really expect to do with a chainsaw?

Seriously. You can do some damage to a person with a chainsaw, but it's not exactly designed for swift dismemberment, and if you @#%^ up you'll cut your head in half. Plus you have to rev the thing. You'll kill or maim a couple of people and then someone will clock you with a chair.

I'm outraged at the sheer stupidity of this latest mass murderer. What has education come to these days?


Bonus points for this High School dropout if it was an electric chainsaw.
#26 Sep 04 2009 at 6:19 AM Rating: Excellent
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Doing your daily news search for "high school tackling incidents", Admiral?

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