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Paris: at least 129 reportedly killed, ISIS claims responsibility; St. John’s Paris Discover the World students ‘accounted for’
Talia Tirella, The Torch Co-Editor-in-Chief
November 13, 2015
At least 129 people have reportedly been killed after what appears to have been a series of coordinated attacks across Paris Friday night. One American is among those reported dead.
The first of the attackers has been identified as of Sunday morning in Paris.
Discover the World (DTW) students on the St. John’s Paris campus have all been accounted for, according to DTW students Desiree Avila and Angela Vollmer.
Vollmer said the staff on campus is working to confirm that a group of semester students are safe as well. The semester students have been in Paris for the entire semester, whereas DTW students just arrived in Paris yesterday for their third rotation.
The Torch has reached out to administration on the St. John’s Paris campus for a statement.
Avila is studying abroad and arrived on the Paris campus Thursday night.
“A group of us were on our way to the Eiffel Tower when the front desk and RA stopped us from going out after the first attack,” Avila said. “A group was walking in from the Eiffel Tower.”
Avila said the campus is currently on lockdown and confirmed that all DTW students are accounted for, and that students haven’t specifically been told anything besides to stay on campus.
“There is a group of semester students that were traveling outside of Paris for the weekend and the staff has been making every effort to contact them and ensure their safety as well,” Vollmer said.
Public Safety on the Queens campus said they are continuing to receive information and are monitoring the situation, but no negative reports have come in.
A spokesman said the University is “monitoring the situation with our campus officials in Paris.”
Talia Tirella, The Torch Co-Editor-in-Chief
November 13, 2015
At least 129 people have reportedly been killed after what appears to have been a series of coordinated attacks across Paris Friday night. One American is among those reported dead.
The first of the attackers has been identified as of Sunday morning in Paris.
Discover the World (DTW) students on the St. John’s Paris campus have all been accounted for, according to DTW students Desiree Avila and Angela Vollmer.
Vollmer said the staff on campus is working to confirm that a group of semester students are safe as well. The semester students have been in Paris for the entire semester, whereas DTW students just arrived in Paris yesterday for their third rotation.
The Torch has reached out to administration on the St. John’s Paris campus for a statement.
Avila is studying abroad and arrived on the Paris campus Thursday night.
“A group of us were on our way to the Eiffel Tower when the front desk and RA stopped us from going out after the first attack,” Avila said. “A group was walking in from the Eiffel Tower.”
Avila said the campus is currently on lockdown and confirmed that all DTW students are accounted for, and that students haven’t specifically been told anything besides to stay on campus.
“There is a group of semester students that were traveling outside of Paris for the weekend and the staff has been making every effort to contact them and ensure their safety as well,” Vollmer said.
Public Safety on the Queens campus said they are continuing to receive information and are monitoring the situation, but no negative reports have come in.
A spokesman said the University is “monitoring the situation with our campus officials in Paris.”
