Hurricane Isaias strengthens toward Gulf Coast; FBI disrupts alleged ISIS-linked plot at Minnesota mall
Hurricane Isaias is intensifying as it approaches the Gulf Coast, prompting emergency declarations in Alabama and Florida. The FBI announced it disrupted a terror plot targeting the Mall of America by a suspect who pledged allegiance to ISIS. A newly surfaced video documents the immediate aftermath of a 2023 school shooting in which a 6-year-old student shot teacher Abigail Zwerner, striking her in the hand and chest. The episode also covers a firefighter's escape from a dangerous situation in Londonderry.
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✓ Verified
- ✓Hurricane Isaias was strengthening as it approached the Gulf Coast as of October 7, 2026. (NBC Nightly News)
- ✓States of emergency were declared in Alabama and Florida. (NBC Nightly News)
- ✓The FBI announced it foiled a terror plot against the Mall of America by a suspect who pledged allegiance to ISIS. (NBC Nightly News)
- ✓A 6-year-old student shot teacher Abigail Zwerner in the hand and chest in an incident that occurred more than three years before this broadcast (2023). (NBC Nightly News)
~ Interpretation
- ~New video of the shooting's aftermath is described as 'disturbing moments that followed.' (NBC Nightly News framing, not independently characterized)
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