Caught on camera: UNC students jump from windows during campus shooter search
LASTING IMAGE TONIGHT, STUDENTS
JUMPING JUMPING FOR SAFETY OUT
OF THE WINDOW OF A BUILDING
ON CAMPUS. MARK BOYLE JOINS
US FROM THE WRAL LIVE CENTER.
MARC, YOU TALKED WITH A
JOURNALISM STUDENT CAPTURING
THAT SCENE WHEN THE ALERT
SIRENS WERE ACTIVATED. THOSE OF
THE PEOPLE JUMPING OUT OF THE
WINDOW. THAT'S RIGHT. SHOULDER
NAME IS NOEL HARRIS, A
JOURNALISM STUDENT THERE, UNC
CHAPEL HILL.
>> AND WE'VE GOT THIS VIDEO.
I PUT IT ON TWITTER. I REALLY
DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT IN
TERMS OF JUST HOW STARTLING
IT WAS. TAKE A LOOK, THOUGH,
HERE TONIGHT, MORE THAN 400,000
VIEWS, PEOPLE ARE SHAKEN BY
THIS VIDEO. WE'RE GOING TO SHOW
IT TO YOU HERE. AND THIS IS
WHERE LOOKS LIKE NOEL HARRIS
OUTSIDE THE WINDOW, ONE OF HER
CLASSROOM. SHE WITNESS STUDENTS
RUNNING FOR THEIR SAFETY,
JUMPING OUT OF THE BUILDING
FROM THE SECOND FLOOR THERE.
JUST INCREDIBLE TO SEE WHILE
MANY OTHERS IN LOCKDOWN.
THESE DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS THE
RIGHT MOVE IN DECIDED TO GET
AWAY FROM CAMPUS AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE. TONIGHT WE HAVE A
CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH THE YOUNG
LADY WHO RECORDED THIS VIDEO ON
OUR CELL PHONE.
>> WE'VE GOT A BIG FLASH ON
ON THAT TV PROJECT THERE IN OUR
CLASSROOM THAT IT'S THAT THE
TEACHER HAD A SEVERE TOOK THAT
TOO. AND IT SHELTER-IN-PLACE
ACTIVE SHOOTER AT THAT POINT,
WE WELL FOR ME, I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT WAS GOING ON BECAUSE WE
HAD JUST BEEN TOLD. BUT IT WAS
OK TO. LEAVE THE BUILDING.
BUT THEN WE SAW STUDENTS
JUMPING OUT THE
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE
HEARD SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T
IT WAS A. IT WAS A CONFUSING
MOMENT
>> HARRIS SAYS IT WAS HARD TO
GET INFORMATION INITIALLY SHE
WAS LISTENING TO THE NEWS.
SHE WAS ALSO GETTING
INFORMATION FROM SOME OF THE
9-1-1 CALLS OR A POLICE CHATTER
FROM SOME OF THOSE DIFFERENT
APPS. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD STUDENTS
DOING WHATEVER THEY COULD TODAY
TO GET THE DEED DETAILS
INFORMATION THAT THEY NEEDED
THEIR BACK TO YOU INFORMATION
SO CRITICAL IN A DESPERATE