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‘I Could Have Been Killed in There’
Pro-Palestinian protesters barricade themselves inside Hamilton Hall at Columbia University on April 30, 2024. The union for the custodial workers who were trapped inside the building is now suing the college. (Photo by Alex Kent via Getty Images)
Two more Columbia custodians tell The Free Press about the night that left them ‘traumatized.’ Their union is now suing.
By Frannie Block
05.08.24
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Yesterday, The Free Press published an exclusive interview with Mario Torres, a facilities worker at Columbia who was photographed fighting off a pro-Palestinian protester as a mob invaded Hamilton Hall on April 30. A GoFundMe raising money for Torres’s potential legal fees surpassed the target of $18,000 in hours. The total has since reached more than …

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Frannie Block
Frannie Block is an investigative reporter at The Free Press, where she covers the forces shaping American life—from foreign influence in U.S. politics and national security to institutional overreach and due process failures. She began her career covering breaking news at The Des Moines Register.
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