Perspective: Stabbings at Franklin Regional Senior High reveal heroics

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I would request the authorities to take appropriate measures to ensure the safety of our students and to make sure that such incidents are avoided in the future.

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By Adnan Ahmed | April 14, 2014

April 9 may have started as a regular day at Franklin Regional Senior High School, but it ended in a most unexpected manner. Students stabbed — some of them seriously injured — when a 16-year-old sophomore attacked them with knifes. My heart goes out to the injured students.

On behalf of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Pittsburgh, I would like to extend my deepest condolences to all of the victims and their families and friends. I wish them a speedy recovery and pray they find courage to overcome this tragedy.

I would also like to commend the efforts of those individuals who tried to minimize the damage:

• The security guard, assistant principal and student who risked their lives apprehending the suspect.
• The brave girl who applied pressure on her friend's wound.
• The doctors and staff of Forbes Regional Hospital and staff at the other medical facilities whose efforts no doubt saved lives.

These courageous acts remind me of a verse from the holy Quran, which states, “And who so gave life to one, it shall be as if he had given life to all mankind ( 5:33).”

I would request the authorities to take appropriate measures to ensure the safety of our students and to make sure that such incidents are avoided in the future.

Adnan Ahmed
Pittsburgh


The writer is the imam at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Pittsburgh in Wilkinsburg


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