More tales of heroism during tragedy from (for many) an unexpected source.

After the shooting of a faculty member by a student, parents tweeted (posted? X is weird) stories of how the Custodial staff at UNC possibly saved their children’s lives by acting quickly to lock classrooms and buildings to keep the intruder out.

https://twitter.com/AnonPsychProf/status/1696296220610678803

Another parent responded:

https://twitter.com/brothermerchant/status/1696327488241078455

You can learn more about the incident here:

I highly recommend going through the original tweet thread as well as Mofessor’s current page and reading the many parent/professor responses.  Sadly, this is now such an common occurrence that there are many words of experience/advice for parents AND workers in dealing with the many emotions after such a heinous act.  This one in particular stood out to me:

Does anyone else at UNC need free mom advice bc my mama is a winner (and an excellent high school teacher) pic.twitter.com/KioyXO67w6

— Maybe: J (@no_good_wyfe) August 29, 2023

Take care, everyone.  And hug your people.