A Wisconsin teen is being praised for her 'remarkable' actions after surveillance video showed her opening her mosque and ushering in students running from a stabbing at their school.
A 17-year-old girl is being praised for her"remarkable" actions after surveillance video showed her opening her mosque and ushering in students running from an alleged stabbing at their Wisconsin high school.
"I just felt like I did what had to be done," Ahmad told ABC News in a telephone interview on Wednesday. She said that just minutes before, a teacher told students to run from the campus, but they didn't know why.Yet, thankfully, she and other students exited through a door close to the mosque and everyone beelined toward it.
While she didn't consider her actions heroic, her father and uncle were stunned when they saw the video."Her composure is remarkable in that situation," he said."I don't know how I would react in that situation."Duaa Ahmad's uncle, Khurram Ahmad, called it an"uplifting" moment in a terrifying situation.
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