PDF Saving Sycamore: The School Shooting That Never Happened

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Saving
Sycamore
The
School
Shooting
That
Never
Happened
Description
The Power of Faith, Hope, and RelationshipsOn
September 28, 2016, school counselor Molly
Hudgens was in her office at Sycamore Middle
School when a fourteen-year-old armed with a
semiautomatic handgun and an additional magazine
of ammunition came to her in the counseling
department. His plan was to kill people on campus.
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He told Hudgens she was the only person who could
talk him out of it. After ninety minutes of
talking with the young man, and ultimately
praying on her knees with him, he relinquished
the gun with no shots fired and no lives lost.In
this memoir, Hudgens shares the story of that day
and the thirty-nine years and 364 days leading up
to it that prepared her for the best and worst
day of her life. Her story is one of triumph over
adversity and hope found in the bleakest of
moments. As Hudgens walks readers through the
incident, she shares how her faith, rapport with
the student, and a strong school community guided
her efforts and provided a positive outcome that
day.How do you have compassion for a student
sitting in your office with a loaded gun and the
desire to kill? Saving Sycamore is the remarkable
story of a woman whose compassion was stronger
than the homicidal rage in the heart of a
desperate student. 8212Peer Langman, PhD,
author of School Shooters Understanding High
School, College, and Adult Perpetrators director
of Research and School Safety Training, Drift Net
SecuritiesSaving Sycamore illustrates
Molly8217sleadership, compassion, faith, and
vulnerability when the members of her school
community needed her most on that fateful day and
in the aftermath. This is a book about a faith
journey. 8212Frnk DeAngelis, principal of
Columbine High School, 19968211204 author of
They Call Me 8220MrDe8221 The Story of
Columbine8217sHeart, Resilience, and
RecoverySaving Sycamore is a must-read to learn
how God worked to truly save lives at Sycamore
Middle School. 8212Maor General William B.
Raines, Jr., USA (retired) Charles H. Coolidge
National Medal of Honor Heritage Center Executive
Board