“brave students”
Wyoming. I thought the same thing.
I mean, maybe he had a big machete or something. And it was a computer science class, no offense intended. But 20 years ago in Wyoming, or even 10, that loser would have had his butcher knife deep in his own pot roast before the ranch boys would have left that room.
The article just says “knives,” so I’m assuming they were garden-variety hunting or kitchen knives.
Even if he had a knife in each hand, several students - even girls - would have been able to get him away from the injured man, especially if they clobbered him with a chair a few times. It’s a different situation from charging someone shooting a gun right at you.