NIU student who witnessed shootings now staying in Iowa City

From Daily Egyptian (Southern Illinois University - Carbondale):

Thursday was a normal day for Dan Monaghan and his geology classmates at Northern Illinois University until a few minutes after 3 p.m. ...Shortly after 3 p.m., Monaghan said he thought the person stepping onto the stage during lecture was someone to fix computers. It was not until after he saw fire emerge from the barrel of a 12-gauge shotgun that he realized the "tech-support worker" had something else in mind."My first thought was, 'These are blanks, and this isn't real,'" he said. ...The flood of personal questions was one of the reasons

Shortly after 3 p.m., Monaghan said he thought the person stepping onto the stage during lecture was someone to fix computers. It was not until after he saw fire emerge from the barrel of a 12-gauge shotgun that he realized the "tech-support worker" had something else in mind.

"My first thought was, 'These are blanks, and this isn't real,'" he said. ...

The flood of personal questions was one of the reasons Monaghan said he will be staying with his girlfriend in[naviga:font color="#ff0000"] Iowa City, Iowa[/naviga:font], until classes reopen on Feb. 25. But he said he wants to inform the public of what happened at Cole Hall to prevent the wrong story from spreading. ...