On April 30, Columbia University janitors were in “pure terror” when a mob of violent anti-Israel protesters stormed Hamilton Hall with handwritten floor plans and supply lists and took over the building. A longtime Ivy League administrator says he was attacked at the university.
Four custodians were trapped inside and feared when dozens of rioters broke through the glass, barricaded the entrance, and took over the historic university building, Columbia University’s chief administrator, Henry Clemente, said. he told the Post.
“If you have masked people running through a building with zip ties and chains, you don’t know what they’re going to do. If they take you hostage, if they torture you, if they threaten you. I don’t know. It’s going to be an example,” Clemente said.
Later, after NYPD officers quelled the occupation, Clemente and his colleagues began cleaning the hall, where they discovered secret plans left behind by a highly organized mob.
These included hand-drawn floor plans and supply lists marking the location of barricade equipment. It includes a “task list” with items such as setting up a pulley system and “security shifts,” and even a schedule listing times for the Muslim call to prayer.
He said the documents show the protesters had inside information on the campus and planned the takeover in advance.
“I’ve been working there for a long time, so I know where the tunnels are, but they had everything mapped out,” said Clemente, who has worked in Colombia for 17 years.
“They have a dining room, a prayer room, a smoking room, and they’ve been there for a long time.”
The first person to report the remaining documents was gothamist.
The facility manager, who was off work at the time, was notified that an employee was stranded in the building.
“Even if it’s only two minutes, two minutes can feel like an eternity in front of so many people.” [of protesters]’ and stormed into the building.
“You can imagine the horror they went through,” he added.
Clemente said the day police stormed Hamilton Hall was “the scariest day” in weeks of protests at the Ivy League school, but especially in today’s “Post-9” He said he understands the need to quickly remove people from the building. /11 World”
“There are many enemies in the world, including Russia and China,” he said.
“We don’t know who was in the building because there’s proxy wars and all sorts of things going on.”
Mayor Adams and NYPD officials said outside agitators were involved in planning the university protest.
Of the approximately 44 people arrested inside Hamilton Hall, 13 had no ties to Columbia.
Since NYPD officers stormed the building and arrested protesters, Clemente has been in charge of cleaning up the mess left behind by the privileged mob, one of whom lives in a $3.4 million mansion. A Brooklyn townhouse said to belong to the 40-year-old son of a wealthy advertising executive.
The protesters managed to stop the elevator and threw hundreds of chairs from classrooms down the stairs, tying them with cable ties.
They also removed desk tops and cut holes in windows as barricades.
Clemente estimates it will cost the university millions of dollars to fully restore Hamilton Hall.
