In chapter sixteen, Boy in the Window, Cullen talks about Patrick Ireland a boy who was in the library at the time that the killers attacked. When Ireland is in the library the boys bust in and start shooting, students get under tables and some even pretend to be dead. Ireland accounts for when the boys got to the table they harassed one of his friends for being black then shot him and his other friends. Ireland then tried to comfort his friends but then was shot once in the leg and then once in the head. Through the next few hours he was drifting in and out of consciousness and then finally chose to slowly crawl towards the window where he tried to jump out of. SWAT teams soon rushed toward him and tried to aid him and got him down from the window safely.
Overall, I am still really enjoying this book. The stories in this book are very sad but also heartwarming, like the story of Patrick Irelands courage to strive forward even though he was shot in the head.
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