Mrs. Ferruchie

Mrs. Ferruchie: “I was a sophomore at Penn Trafford high school, and I don’t remember the period, but I remember it was in the morning and I was with the athletic trainer for our sports medicine class. We were actually folding towels when we heard it on the radio. We then turned the news on, then after that, I went to my choral class and we did not sing that day because we were just watching the news. Our principal, unfortunately, made a very poor decision and cut off the cable. So, we were not allowed to get internet access, and it was sort of like a media lockdown. Because of this, we were not able to figure out what was actually happening around us which was not a very good move on his part.

It was very surreal, serene; I remember it was one of my close friend’s birthday and so that put a damper on her birthday, but it was definitely a very scary situation and you feel sort of hopeless and helpless that you can’t do anything about it.”