“Mrs. V” was a teacher at the Parkland, Florida, school where the massacre occurred. When the second fire alarm rang out that day, she knew something was off.
Shanthi Viswanathan was teaching her Algebra II class when her instincts took over telling her to protect her students. She immediately locked the door and began papering the windows, so no one could see inside the classroom, and had all the students drop to the floor.
“She was quick on her feet. She used her knowledge. She saved a lot of kids,” Dawn Jarboe, who had a son, Brian, in the classroom, told The Sun Sentinel.
When the teacher realized something was seriously wrong, she acted quickly to protect the students in her classroom. Her calm decisions during those terrifying moments may have saved lives, but the full story of what she did is even more remarkable. Continue reading to find out what happened →
