A TEENAGER AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN HAS BUILT A DEVICE
THAT COULD SAVE LIVES IF A
SHOOTER EVER TARGETS HIS
SCHOOL.
JUST IN BREVARD CAME UP WITH
THE IDEA AFTER SEEING A
POTENTIAL FLAW IN THE SCHOOL'S
EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN.
JEFF WAGNER SHOWS US HOW IT
WORKS.
Reporter: IN A ROOM WITH ALL
THE MAKINGS OF A METAL SHOP,
JUST AND LOSES HIMSELF IN THE
SANCTUARY OF STEEL.
I AM A VERY HANDS-ON PERSON.
I LIKE TO PUT MY HANDS DOWN.
Reporter: THEN CUT THEM,
SHAPE THEM, AND INFUSE THEM
INTO A CREATION ALL HIS OWN.
I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER HOW
MUCH STUFF I'VE MADE.
Reporter: FUNNY CONSIDERING
HIS LATEST PROJECT IS
UNFORGETTABLE.
WHEN YOU ARE WELDING YOU CAN
JUST PUT TWO PIECES OF METAL
TOGETHER BUT ONE -- WHAT WE
WERE HOPING FOR WAS TO LOOK AT
THE ABILITY TO SOLVE A PROBLEM.
Reporter: JUST AND FOUND IT
DURING ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING
AT SOMERSET HIGH SCHOOL.
THE MAIN PROBLEM WAS ALL
THESE KIDS IN A BUILDING, WHO
HAVE NOTHING BUT A DOOR TO KEEP
THEM SAFE.
Reporter: IN HIS HOMEROOM
CLASS, JUST HIM AND HIS CLASS
WERE MADE TO USE THIS HEAVY
TABLE TO BARRICADE THE DOOR,
WHICH HAS A LOCK BUT IF AN
INTRUDER DISABLED IT SOMEHOW,
THE DOOR WAS EASILY PUSHED OPEN.
EVEN WITH THE TABLE.
THAT'S WHEN I THOUGHT THIS
IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO GO
AFTER AND THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT IS KIND OF MADE FOR ME TO
DO.
Reporter: JUST AND PUT ON
HIS THINKING CAP.
AND GOT TO WORK.
IT HAS A MOTOR THAT DOESN'T
STOP.
IT WAS KIND OF HARD AT FIRST
BUT ONCE I GOT ONTO ONE PART IT
WAS LIKE OKAY, THAT MAKES
SENSE.
Reporter: TWO STEEL PLATES
CUT TO A SPECIFIC SHAPE.
CAMPBELL'S -- HANDLES ARE
WELDED AND THEN A ROD AND A
TUBE ARE CONNECTED TO THE ENDS.
AT A KNOCKING KNOB AND YOU HAVE
A DEVICE NAMED JUST IN CASE.
THIS IS A THING THAT CAN
SAVE YOU THOUSANDS OF LIVES IF
USED PROPERLY.
Reporter: NOW INSTEAD OF
REACHING FOR A TABLE OR SOME
OTHER OBJECT, STUDENTS AND
STAFF SIMPLY REACH FOR THE JUST
IN CASE DEVICE.
ALL THEY DO IS SLIDE IT UNDER
THE DOOR, TURN THE KNOB AND
EXTEND THE JAM OUT, LOCK THE
KNOB AND NO MATTER HOW HARD I
PUSH ON THE DOOR, I CAN'T GET
THROUGH.
AS THE DOOR IS BEING PUSHED
BACK IT ALSO LIFTS UP ON THIS
PLATE.
Reporter: BECAUSE THE PLATES
ARE LOCKED INTO THE DOOR JAMS
LIKE A PUZZLE PIECE, THEY ARE
ABLE TO WITHSTAND IMMENSE
PRESSURE.
BUT ONCE I MADE THE PROTOTYPE I
TOOK IT TO EVERY CLASSROOM AND
ASKED TEACHERS WHAT DO YOU
THINK ABOUT IT?
DO YOU THINK THIS IS A GOOD
IDEA?
I THINK IT'S A GAME CHANGER.
Reporter: PRINCIPAL DONNA --
SHAWNA DANNELLY THEY SHANNON
O'DONNELL HE HELPED HIM PITCH
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DEVICE TO
THE SCHOOL BOARD AND GET HIM A
PATENT.
I WOULDN'T BE PUSHING THIS
HARD FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT THIS
KIND OF DEVICE IF I DIDN'T
THINK IT HAD A MAJOR PIECE IN
WHAT WE ARE DOING IN TERMS OF
SAFETY AND SECURITY.
Reporter: DURING A SUMMER
OFF, JUST AND BUILD ENOUGH
DEVICES FOR EVERY CLASSROOM AND
CONFERENCE ROOM IN THE HIGH
SCHOOL.
THEY ARE NORMALLY FOUND RIGHT
NEXT TO THE DOOR OR WITHIN ARMS
REACH.
I HAVE MINE UNDERNEATH MY
DESK.
THANKFULLY, I HAVEN'T HAD TO
NEED IT FOR ANYTHING BUT A
DRILL BUT EVERY STAFF MEMBER
KNOWS WHERE THESE ARE LOCATED.
Reporter: AND THE YOUNG MAN
WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE.
BUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A
STUDENT WITHIN OUR DISTRICT WHO
WAS ABLE TO CREATE SOMETHING OF
THIS MAGNITUDE I THINK IS
PRETTY SPECIAL.
Reporter: THE DEVICE RETAILS
FOR $95 BUT TO THIS YOUNG
WELDING ENTHUSIAST TURNED
ENTREPRENEUR, THE SAFETY OF
STUDENTS AND STAFF IS
PRICELESS.
WHAT KIND OF INSURANCE ARE
YOU GETTING FOR A STUDENT'S
LIFE?THIS IS THE INSURANCE
RIGHT HERE.
Reporter: JEFF WAGNER, WCCO
4 NEWS.