A student at All Saints Catholic High School who witnessed the fatal knife attack which left 15-year-old Harvey Willgoose dead has described her shock and fear following the incident. Her mother described the wait to see her daughter immediately after the attack as the "worst two and a half hours of my life" and said she couldn't imagine what Harvey's parents feel. Report by Faragt. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Like, whenever he'd see me at school, like, he'd always have a smile on his face, like, he had, like, such a lovely personality, if you know what I mean, like,
00:07he just seemed alright and nice, but, do you know what I mean, like, I didn't speak to him that much, like, I'd say, like, hello and everything, but he just seemed, like, proper nice, but,
00:15I mean, I was with my best mate, and we were just walking to go get us food, and, and I just had so much fun, because, when I had food,
00:24You saw everything, didn't you?
00:26and then I just ran, because it's interesting, like, it really, I can't really remember much else, like, than actually what it's like, it was, it was, like, scary, I've never known anything like it, to be honest,
00:38How frightened were you as this all was going on?
00:41At, at first, it had shocked me, like, a lot, like, I was, like, right, I, what do I do with myself, and then, when I was with my teachers and everything, it felt okay, like, I felt more calm down,
00:53I saw my mum, and then, it was just, it all just really brought down, didn't it?
00:58And, and mum, I suppose, this must have been terrifying for you?
01:02It was every parent's nightmare, I mean, I can't even begin to think of what Harbour's parents are going through, just, my child was so frightened, and, just being able to hold her out of that school yesterday, and, they never got that.
01:21And, I guess, for such a long time, you weren't able to be,
01:24Well, it was horrendous, I was stood just up there, for two and a bit hours, waiting for her, it was the worst two and a half hours of my life, because, she couldn't use her phone, I know the children could, but she couldn't, so, I couldn't physically get in touch with her personally, it was just going on what a teacher had told me, horrific.
01:41And, we understand this is the second time the school's gone into lockdown?
01:43Yeah, last week, yeah, since Wednesday, weren't it, we were in lockdown again, similar situation over a night.
01:49How do you feel about school reopening, when it does?
01:51I can't even think that far ahead, I really can't, they're the most precious things in the world, aren't they, and, they send them to school to be safe, and where are we if they're not safe at school?
02:02How do you feel about the prospect of coming back to school?
02:05I don't want to come back, I don't feel safe, and, last week, like, I didn't see what had gone on, so I felt okay, I felt like I was fine, everything's alright, and then, when that happened yesterday, it happened in the space of, like, not even a week, twice, and, I just don't, I don't feel safe anymore, I don't remember that.