"Joe Berman explained that he met his friend at the library and was preparing to sign in. And right in front of us, talking to a different library clerk was was a woman who was very sad on the phone. Her friend had just seen someone lying on the ground and said they had to call 911, Joe Berman said. And what happened immediately after was the librarian said they gotta lock the doors. Everyone should go inside, to get away from windows, and just follow those people trying to get to safer spaces."
"I mean, it's it's a scary situation, his son continued. It doesn't really cross your mind when you see it on the news all the time. And I suppose I've become desensitized towards it. But when it happens to you, it's Even if you're in a different building, like five minutes away, you know people, I have friends from my high school here, my best friend, a bunch of his friends know people. And it just it feels a lot closer to home when it happens."
An active shooter at Brown University killed two people and wounded nine others, forcing the campus into lockdown for several hours. A student who was visiting a friend sheltered in the university library with others after staff locked doors and directed people away from windows. Witnesses reported someone lying on the ground and calls to 911. Students remained sheltered for seven hours before being bused to another location and later finding off-campus lodging. The abundance of law enforcement vehicles contrasted with an eerie silence outside the secured zone. The student reported feeling desensitized by frequent reports of shootings until the incident hit close to home.
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