KENNY: JOINING US NOW ON THE PHONE IS A UNC CHARLOTTE SOPHOMORE.
KATIE IS ALSO A GRADUATE OF HIGH POINT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS YOU WERE IN LINE FOR THE CONCERT AT THE FOOTBALL STADIUM ON UNC CHARLOTTE WHEN EVERYONE STARTED GETTING ALERTS ON THEIR PHONES.
HOW ARE YOU DOING TONIGHT, PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY?
>> I WAS IN LINE WITH MY FRIENDS AND WE WERE WAITING FOR THE CONCERT.
EVERYTHING STARTED HAPPENING REALLY FAST.
IN THAT MOMENT YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT.
YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN IN THAT MOMENT TO BE SAFE, AND PHYSICALLY, I AM HURTING.
BUT I AM GLAD TO BE ALIVE.
I AM EXTREMELY GLAD THE PEOPLE I LOVE ON THIS CAMPUS ARE OK, BUT WE DID LOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE PART OF OUR FAMILY.
EMOTIONALLY, IT IS GOING TO BE HARD.
THESE NEXT FEW DAYS ON CAMPUS ARE GOING TO BE ROUGH.
KENNY: YOU MAY HAVE JUST HEARD STEVE KING REPORT THE LOCKDOWN HAS BEEN LIFTED.
WHAT ARE STUDENTS DOING RIGHT NOW?
WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
I ASSUME THEY ARE COMMUNICATING WITH ONE ANOTHER AND TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF ALL THIS.
GIVE US YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
>> I THINK WE ARE ALL PRETTY SHOCKED.
FOR MOST OF US, THIS IS OUR HOME.
THIS IS A LOT OF PEOPLE’S HOME.
THIS IS WHERE WE GO AND WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SAFE AND BE TOGETHER AND BE COLLEGE STUDENTS.
I THINK A LOT OF US ARE JUST IN SHOCK.
IN THE BACK OF OUR HEAD, THERE IS ALWAYS AN IDEA THIS COULD HAPPEN, BUT WE WERE NOT EXPECTING IT TO HAPPEN ON A DAY LIKE THIS, THE LAST DAY OF CLASS.
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CELEBRATING.
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOUR BREATH IS TAKEN AWAY.
KENNY: WE ARE THE CHANCELLOR, THE PROVOST, GOVERNOR COOPER ALL SAYING THAT FOR MANY PEOPLE ON CAMPUS INCLUDING STUDENTS, MORE THAN LIKELY THE WORST DAY OF THEIR LIVES.
IS THAT ACCURATE YOU PERSONALLY AT -- PERSONALLY YEAH >> -- ACCURATE FOR YOU PERSONALLY?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
YOU JUST WANT THE PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE TO KNOW YOU LOVE THEM.
KENNY: WE SHOWED A PHOTO OF YOU HOLDING UP YOUR ARM WITH BRUISES . HOW EXACTLY DID THAT OCCUR?
YOU GOT TRAMPLED, YOU SAID?
>> WHEN WE WERE WAITING IN LINE, THERE WERE 250 OF US.
ONE PERSON JUST STARTED RUNNING.
WE DID NOT KNOW IF ANYONE WAS BEHIND US.
YOU KIND OF JUST DON’T KNOW.
EVERYONE STARTED RUNNING.
THERE WERE WORKERS THERE FOR THE CONCERT WHO HAD IT WORSE THAN I DID WITH BLEEDING AND EVERYONE WAS RUNNING.
I GOT TRAMPLED AND I WAS LIKE, I’D HAVE TO GET OUT.
KENNY: HOW DID YOU PASS THE TIME?
SCHOOL WENT INTO LOCKDOWN SHORTLY BEFORE 5:00.
THAT’S ALMOST SIX HOURS.
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING?
>> WHEN I WAS AT THE STADIUM, THEY LOCKED US THERE FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES.
I GOT FIRST-AID AND TALKED TO THEM AND THEY OPENED IT UP.
I LIVE OFF CAMPUS.
TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.
KENNY: DO YOU FEEL SAFE RIGHT NOW?
>> NO, I DON’T.
KENNY: HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THAT IS GOING TO TAKE?
>> I DON’T THINK ANYONE CAN REALLY MOVE ON FROM SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALWAYS GOING TO STAY WITH YOU.
KENNY: WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, DREADFULLY SORRY YOU WERE INJURED AND WISH NOTHING BUT PEACE FOR YOU AND EVERYONE ON THE CAMPUS OF UNC CHARLOTTE.
WE ARE SO SORRY YOU PERSONALLY AND ALL THESE OTHER STUDENTS, ALMOST ALL OF THEM WE HAVE TO IMAGINE OUR STILL IN THE MIDST OF DEALING WITH THIS, THE WORST DA