Stories of the Central Lockdown

The Cobbler Family tells what it’s like

  • The Event

    On Tuesday, April 17, 2007, students in Central High School in Rapid City, SD were locked into a full-security mode for more than three hours - lights off, no leaving rooms, stay quiet. A report of a gun in the building had triggered the status, and though it was confirmed a hoax shortly after 1:00pm, the day imprinted a distinct mark on students. Here, many of them leave their stories.

  • Who’s reading?

    Locations of visitors to this page

  • Meta

What’s Your Story?

If you are a student at Central High School reading these stories and you’ve got one to tell, submit it by emailing Mr. Sheehy at mrsheehy /at/ hotmail /dot/ com.

Tell me who you are and who your English teacher is. I will not post your last name on the blog article.

We want all your stories and blips. We accept podcasts (audio – even interesting voice mails) and would love to see the raw records of the text messages you sent during that time. This building was filled with thousands of people, which means there are tens of thousands of great stories to tell. Share yours.