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A video published by a Michigan school teacher went viral on TikTok and Twitter, sparking renewed debates on gun safety in the United States. In the video, the teacher shared a tip for how she prepares for an active shooter situation in her classroom – by taping hockey pucks under each of her students’ desks to be used as weapons in a worst-case scenario.
Spanish teacher Carly Zacharias, who goes by @crzachar on TikTok, posted a video on January 3, describing one way that she tries to keep her students safe in the case of an active shooter at the school. The video, which amassed more than 2 million views, has since been deleted from TikTok, but was reposted on Twitter as well.
A Michigan high school teacher made a TikTok video to show other teachers how to tape a hockey puck to each student’s desk to fend off an active shooter.
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“Hey teachers. So if you’re like me, you’ve probably been doing a lot of thinking recently about your school safety,” Zacharias says in the video.
Zacharias shows us around her classroom, focusing on potential escape routes and points of entry.
“I had these big windows along my back wall. My kids know that Plan A is always just to get out of that middle window and run across the street,” she explains.
“But of course Plan B is barricade the door and fight, you all know this,” she says. Zacharias explains that her door is made of wood and has a large window in the middle, making it more difficult to block.
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