Students hailed for aiding stabbed staff member; school principal and parents thank community
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Two students are being recognized for their quick actions, and school administration and parents are thanking the community, after a difficult week at Charles P. Allen High School in Bedford, N.S.
Two students are being recognized for their quick actions, and school administration and parents are thanking the community, after a difficult week at Charles P. Allen High School in Bedford, N.S.
The school was placed in a hold-and-secure Monday morning just before the first bell rang, after a stabbing incident sent two staff members, now identified as vice-principal Wayne Rodgers and school administrative assistant Angela Light, to hospital with serious injuries. A 15-year-old student, who was also injured, now faces 11 charges, including two charges of attempted murder.
Parents and the school principal are now highlighting the response of two 15-year-old boys just after the stabbing.
Grade 10 students Easton Schlender and Rory Chadwick were the first to respond to Rodgers, after finding him in the school office suffering from several stab wounds.
The boys didn’t want to do video interviews or have their photo taken, but agreed to speaking to CTV News for this story with their parents’ permission.
Chadwick says he was in the administrative office getting help with his PowerSchool login before the first bell rang, when Light ran into the office, followed by Rodgers, who laid down on the office floor.
“I just got some paper towel, lifted up his shirt,” says Chadwick. He says Rodgers had suffered a stab wound in his torso, so he applied pressure.
