Name
Saving Sycamore: The School Shooting that Never Happened
Date & Time
Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 9:35 AM - 11:00 AM
Molly Hudgens
Description

Join Molly Hudgens as she shares the story of how she prevented a school shooting on September 28, 2016. When a student with a fully-loaded semi-automatic handgun came to her with a plan to kill people on the school’s campus, he told her, “I came to you because you’re the only person who can talk me out of this.” After a ninety-minute intervention, the student relinquished the weapon to Mrs. Hudgens with no shots fired and no lives lost. Molly’s retelling of the event walks the audience through the specifics of the incident that took place in her office and highlights previous training that affected her decision-making process during the event. Molly speaks boldly of her faith throughout and challenges those in attendance to remember that every human interaction matters and that one life can make a difference. Molly Hudgens became the first Tennessean and only the tenth woman to become a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation’s Citizens Medal of Honor for her efforts that day.

Session Type
General Session
Tracks
Mental & Behavioral Health, Health & Wellness, Safety & Security, Culture, Climate & Community, Leadership, Law & Policy, Operations & Emergency Management
Session Partner
Status Solutions