24 injured in knife attack at Franklin Regional High School

The final update today on this exhausting and depressing story..

24 now have been hurt.. No one is dead—no one is dead!

There are even selfies making news tonight as one survivor took a snapshot of himself in the aftermath in the hospital..

We also know this: The suspect, Alex Hribal, a 16-year-old sophomore, was taken into custody after being wrestled to the floor of a school hallway and disarmed by a security guard and a school administrator.. And he is being charged as an adult.

We are being told by some tonight that Hribal was ‘not well liked.’

More heroism.. more acts of bravery..

There are also stories of students helping other students pressing down on wounds to cut the bleeding, begging others who were stabbed to hold on to life..

Again.. bravery.

And finally.. A Wikipedia page has already been created..

Selfies and Wikipedia.. the modern age.

24 injured in knife attack at Franklin Regional High School

There is probably no statement because the story is just breaking and there is not even that much concrete information yet. It takes some effort to pull a press conference together. Stop being so fucking critical.

coalspeaker:

The facts you mention are worthwhile and correct. But I said what I said only because those facts never stopped people previously from making immediate statements..

So an update to the angry question and my calm response.. a full 10 hours have passed by without any significant response from anyone in national government. The Governor of Pennsylvania issued a statement, but crickets can still be heard from on high.

Of course Jay Carney did say that Barack and Michelle are “sending prayers.”  To me that seems as meaningless as the people on Facebook who ‘send prayers’ in comments on a post..

If this was gun violence, a bigger response would have been heard.

I think it’s time to stop judging crime based on the weapon picked.. I think it’s time to figure out why the kids aren’t alright…

Let’s see what prescriptions our still unnamed sophomore from the Franklin Regional high school was taking..

News now that the Franklin regional high school stabber was a sophomore boy

Emergency management officials have also said the principal had an altercation of some sort the boy, that the stabbings took place in the classroom and hallway, and that the school resource officer was the one who eventually handcuffed the sophomore after he stabbed at least 20 people ages 14 through 60..