Harrisburg women avoid Fort Lauderdale Airport shooting

January 9, 2017 By Jim Muir Leave a Comment

The two Harrisburg women who escaped the Fort Lauderdale shooting (WSIL TV Photo)

The two Harrisburg women who escaped the Fort Lauderdale shooting (WSIL TV Photo)

HARRISBURG – Two Harrisburg women traveling from Florida to St. Louis had just become airborne when a man began shooting in the Fort Lauderdale airport Friday afternoon, one of the women said. Celia Roark and her grandmother Patty Peterson had just departed the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport when a man reportedly from an incoming Canadian flight allegedly claimed a checked bag containing a firearm, took the firearm into a bathroom to load it and emerged shooting. Five people are dead and 8 injured as a result, according to multiple news outlets. The shooting happened in the baggage claim area of Terminal 2 at the airport. Roark, the daughter of former Daily Register sports editor John Roark of Princeton, Ind. and Amy Peterson of Marion, said they were in Terminal 1 prior to departure. Please click and read the story from Travis DeNeal of the Harrisburg Daliy-Register.

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