- Student who was stabbed in school posts selfie after he is treated at hospital
- Mel Robbins says the student acted bravely, according to his classmates
- She says taking the selfie was perfectly appropriate, wasn’t a bid for fame
- Robbins: Critics should realize student was just using social media as his generation does
Editor’s note: Mel Robbins is a CNN commentator and founder of inspire52.com, which provides daily “good news” stories and viral videos. She hosts “The Mel Robbins Show” Sundays from 7-9 p.m. on WSB 95.5 in Atlanta and News 96.5 in Orlando. In 2014, she was named Outstanding News Talk Radio Host by the Gracie Awards. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.
(CNN) — National media outlets first learned of the mass stabbing underway at Franklin Regional High School via social media and parents received frantic calls from smartphones and tweets from their children telling them they’re OK, so isn’t it fitting that we also met Nate Scimio, the student who was credited with pulling the fire alarm, the same way? I believe it is, but not everyone does.
Nate is being called a hero by classmates affected by the tragic incident at their high school on Wednesday, and I’m sure he’s the first of many heroes we’ll learn about.
Trinity McCool, a sophomore, spoke to USA Today and described how Nate not only protected her and another friend as a fellow student rampaged through the school, stabbing and slashing, but how he also pulled the fire alarm, an action that eventually saved countless other students. Trinity described an otherwise normal morning as the halls started to fill with students before class.
“The guy next to me was Nate Scimio,” Trinity said. “I’m not sure if he already got stabbed.”
The student with knives came toward them.
“I don’t know if Nate did it on purpose or just instinct,” she said. “He took the stab right in his arm and saved my friend and me.”
“I’m pretty sure it was his instinct. He didn’t want anyone to get hurt.”
“He told everybody to run away. I’m pretty sure he pulled the fire alarm.”
Nate was taken along with 19 others to the hospital after the attacker was subdued. It was then that
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