New Jersey Earthquake: Philly students, staff describe the moments they felt tremors in school

During the 4.8 earthquake which occurred Friday morning, kids in Philadelphia were sitting in classrooms when things started shaking.Officer Sierra exclaimed, "It was scary! Everyone was freaking out!"When the building started shaking at Vare Washington Elementary, nobody had any idea what was happening."Everybody’s coming to me," Officer Sierra explained. "I felt it abruptly. I got up. Everybody’s coming to migrate into the hallways. Teachers are calling the front desk.

Rumbled the whole building!"Dean of Students, Oluwatobi Odusanua, said, "Oh my God, the kids are so scared, you know, but in times like that, the most important thing to do is to just make a little joke out of it. We’re the adults. We made the earthquake go away, you know, we beat the earthquake up just to make them feel safe."Jackie Knoell was home when the quake hit, because her son is sick, but had to head to school to pick up his homework. "Scary. It’s very scary.

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