Sacramento Expert Questions 'Run. Hide. Fight' Method
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Another attack on a college campus prompts safety concerns for students across the country.
"I kind of thought when I was driving, what would we do in that case?" said Julianne Maninang, a student at Sacramento City College.
It's the first thing Maninang thought after hearing the tragic news in Ohio.
Authorities said a student plowed his car into a group on campus at Ohio State University, then got out and started stabbing people with a butcher knife.
It's an all too familiar event nationwide. Just last year there was a shooting on Sac City College campus where a man was gunned down.
"It's kind of sad that it's becoming a commonality for college students that there's a shooting here and there, but even here on our own campus sometimes we don't feel safe just walking to the parking lot," Maninang said.
It's now forcing students to be prepared.
"They tell you, 'duck, cover, stay close to your friends, try to help someone else too,'" said Dianna Escobar, also a student at Sac City College.
Many students who were asked what to do in a crisis situation where unsure.
"What we really suggest is moving away from the violence as fast and as quickly as possible," said Jeff Solomon with D-Prep.
Solomon is an expert in crisis situations, particularly on school campuses.
The standard for survival during a terror attack is "Run.Hide.Fight," but what he teaches is Merit.
Merit is an acronym for "Move, evacuate, respond: meaning lockdown and barricade, then inform: call 911, and treat: stop the bleed.
"If you're going to lock down, you need to barricade the door. Turn off all the lights, it should look like nobody is in that room," he said.
That's what some students did at Ohio State and Solomon said that's what saves lives.
He also said it's critical to stop the violence before it happens and to trust your instincts.
"Anytime you see anything that raises the hair on the back of your neck, there's a saying, 'If you see something say something,' you need to come forward with that information," he said.
Monday night a search warrant was executed at the home of 18-year-old Abdul Rzak Ali Artan.
He is the man behind the attack Monday morning at Ohio State University that left 11 injured.
The Somolia-born Ohio State University student was shot a minute after he started stabbing students.
Investigators haven't said what motivated the attack, but a law enforcement source tells CBS News Artan recently posted on Facebook that he was sick of the way Muslims are being treated everywhere.
