Police have responded to reports of a hostage situation and multiple people shot in eastern Lancaster County at a one-room school. The scene is along the 4800 block of Mine Road near Paradise Township. News 8 reporter Anne Shannon said that the incident happened at a one-room Amish schoolhouse. She said the school is marked off with police tape. She counted 13 ambulances in the area. A helicopter was overhead and numerous fire companies were on the ground. "This is definitely an enormous scene," Shannon said. Lancaster General Hospital has called in all available personnel. They have been told to be prepared for a large number of patients. John Lines of Lancaster General Hospital said so far they have received three "pediatric" patients. He did not say what their injuries were. News 8 is stressing that the situation does not involve the Faith Mennonite School or Bart-Colerain Elementary, which are near the scene.
rhonderoo posted:Remember when school used to be a safe place?
Axle-Starweilder posted:no, it once was. you're just too young to remember.
sidious618 posted:Axle-Starweilder posted:no, it once was. you're just too young to remember. That's garbage. I hate hearing how it was never this bad. It's always been this bad and even worse. The teachers themselves used to beat the children in school. I dare say it's safer now than it was. A few decades ago no one cared about the shootings or stabbings in inner city schools (not that this one is an inner city school) but now they do report it so it seems like there's more violence. There's really not.
rhonderoo posted:sidious618 posted:Axle-Starweilder posted:no, it once was. you're just too young to remember. That's garbage. I hate hearing how it was never this bad. It's always been this bad and even worse. The teachers themselves used to beat the children in school. I dare say it's safer now than it was. A few decades ago no one cared about the shootings or stabbings in inner city schools (not that this one is an inner city school) but now they do report it so it seems like there's more violence. There's really not. No, I'm sorry, you're wrong. It used to be safer than now. You never really heard of handguns on school property until the last decade or so. There was still bullying, and schools participated in "capital" punishment (i.e. paddling), there was even gang violence in some, but the reports of school shootings and hostage situations have skyrocketed here lately. This is really sad. It appears, just from reading that article, that it isn't violence inside the school but some nutcase that took an Amish school hostage.
SLR posted:In Lancaster? Those crazy Amish.
