How One New York School Thwarted An Attack

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Published February 16, 2018 at 1:52 PM EST

Following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead, many are asking what could have been done to stop it from happening.

Some attacks have been thwarted before they were carried out. Here & Now‘s Robin Young finds out about one such instance in New York from Ruschell Boone ( @RuschellBoone), a reporter with NY1.

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