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(12,704 posts) Tue May 21, 2013, 01:00 PM May 2013

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Hero teacher who shielded students with her body in bathroom stall at Plaza Towers [View all]

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Miss Crosswhite told the Today show on Tuesday of the sheer terror of the little children as they huddled together in bathroom stalls while the building crumbled on top of them.

She said: 'One of my little boys just kept saying, ''I love you, I love you, please don't die with me, please don't die with me.'' And when it finally stopped, we made it out.'

The teacher said that a father of one pupil along with one of her students Antonio helped pull every one to safety. She said that all of her students had survived and were fine apart from one child who suffered a head injury.

Miss Crosswhite was reunited with fourth-grader Damien Kline whom she held in a tight hug as his mother looked on in tears. The boy said that his teacher saved his life by covering them in the bathroom.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2328422/Oklahoma-tornado-2013-Plaza-Towers-Elementary-School-teacher-speaks-out.html#ixzz2TwnegOTh
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Hero teacher who shielded students with her body in bathroom stall at Plaza Towers [View all] snagglepuss May 2013 OP

Should send this to all of those RW scumballs who called teachers "union Thugs" n/t n2doc May 2013 #1

Exactly. nt snagglepuss May 2013 #4

so many teachers are true heroes..... chillfactor May 2013 #7

I'm sure she is vastly overpaid. Hissyspit May 2013 #8

Just like those teachers in Newtown NewJeffCT May 2013 #9

We need to take away their rights to collective bargaining. Hissyspit May 2013 #10

Make 'em do a real day's work in a Charter School. Octafish May 2013 #14

Sarcasm galore... xtraxritical May 2013 #43

Amen! nt raccoon May 2013 #11

+10,000 n/t malaise May 2013 #17

And another +100,000,000! calimary May 2013 #18

I remember always figuring a way out of my classroom and what roguevalley May 2013 #30

Indeed. I've heard that good piece of advice before, too. ALWAYS check for exits. ALWAYS know where calimary May 2013 #35

I always did. Are_grits_groceries May 2013 #42

Is there a standardized test that can measure the compassion, love and dedication of a teacher? JDPriestly May 2013 #32

Well, Crosswhite *is* a thug... justiceischeap May 2013 #44

K&R idwiyo May 2013 #2

Aww, jeez. Arugula Latte May 2013 #3

A video clip of that should be played every time the GOP tries to cut teacher salaries. nt HooptieWagon May 2013 #5

A Big Hurrah! to that teacher! MineralMan May 2013 #6

good on her, though ive found that the vast majority of adults will do stuff like this loli phabay May 2013 #12

My sister is a teacher in OKC Aerows May 2013 #13

Damn union thug! Myrina May 2013 #15

yeah, those children had already been born! lastlib May 2013 #16

One rescuer broke down as he told how they lifted a car to find a teacher underneath, etherealtruth May 2013 #19

K & R ctsnowman May 2013 #20

Unfortunately, been there myself HockeyMom May 2013 #21

Great story! Sugarcoated May 2013 #22

Smart idea!: bathroom stall. I'll have to remember that one. ErikJ May 2013 #23

Rhonda Crosswhite, Hero. Video of her, reuniting with one of the students she saved (hanky alert): SunSeeker May 2013 #24

I know those parents can't thank her and the other brave teachers enough but I do hope CTyankee May 2013 #26

I love how she shielded the boy from the cameras ballardgirl May 2013 #27

I saw that! She obviously didn't care what kind of camera shot it was, she was intent on CTyankee May 2013 #28

Guaranteed a seat at the next SOTU. lpbk2713 May 2013 #25

Hug a Teacher and Love a Child sheshe2 May 2013 #29

I just figured out why some parents are so critical of teachers. JDPriestly May 2013 #33

Speaking as a parent, the other parents I've seen who seem overcritical of teachers winter is coming May 2013 #34

That. This nails it right there. knitter4democracy May 2013 #38

Bingo kairos12 May 2013 #41

kick Liberal_in_LA May 2013 #31

I think Sen Coburn should wash her feet. nt Snotcicles May 2013 #36

A caring compassionate woman. gademocrat7 May 2013 #37

HUGE K & R !!! WillyT May 2013 #39

If only the congressional representatives of Oklahoma randr May 2013 #40