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And we got all the teachers to the school using it as a safe haven and camped out there for two days so we could start making plans to evacuate 24 teachers. >> judith, did you get a sense just before you were taken to safety that there is a rising tide of anti-americanism? did you fear for your lives in that sense? >> not really. ever since ive been in libya, which is four years now, i feel that mostly theyre very pro-american. theyve been so excited to have, you know, the americans and the west...

The last few days maybe it changed a little bit. if we go out in front of the school and people would drive by and the guards would tell us sometimes it was anti-american. but for the most part, no. i have to say that i -- ive never met such a sweeter group of people. the libyan people are for the most part very warm and very excited about, you know, developing their country. and thats why its so tragic whats happening today. i left behind an awful lot of wonderful people, and i worry for them v...

The libyan people are for the most part very warm and very excited about, you know, developing their country. and thats why its so tragic whats happening today. i left behind an awful lot of wonderful people, and i worry for them very much. >> judith, finally, obviously its tragic for those who are caught up now in this horrifying retribution for gadhafi. we may be seeing the end of gadhafi. do you believe thats a good thing for libya in the long run? >> you know, i dont want to get into politic...

A ferry packed with desperate americans finally arrived in malta tonight. along with the director of the american school of tripoli. and she joins me now with her dramatic eyewitness account of the chaos in libya. judith, what has your experience been like? were hearing appalling stories coming from libya. >> hi, piers. im one of the lucky ones. we just heard a lot of things by rumor, but i didnt actually see anything. i think the thing that was very disconcerting for most of us was that everyth...

Coming from libya. >> hi, piers. im one of the lucky ones. we just heard a lot of things by rumor, but i didnt actually see anything. i think the thing that was very disconcerting for most of us was that everything happened so quickly. all of the events that couldve taken place in the last few days were absolutely unexpected. we have heard a lot of horror stories from some of our libyan personnel. and things basically unravelled for us in a short amount of time. we were expecting to have the sch...

A ferry packed with desperate americans finally arrived in malta tonight. along with the director of the american school of tripoli. and she joins me now with her dramatic eyewitness account of the chaos in libya. judith, what has your experience been like? were hearing appalling stories coming from libya. >> hi, piers. im one of the lucky ones. we just heard a lot of things by rumor, but i didnt actually see anything. i think the thing that was very disconcerting for most of us was that everyth...

Have a better life. and this is not a better life. and what hes doing to the libyan people right now is horrific. >> judith drotar, thank you for your time. we have more breaking news from libya later in the hour. and coming up, the extraordinary meltdown heard around the world involving charlie sheen.

Teachers. >> judith, did you get a sense just before you were taken to safety that there is a rising tide of anti-americanism? did you fear for your lives in that sense? >> not really. ever since ive been in libya, which is four years now, i feel that mostly theyre very pro-american. theyve been so excited to have, you know, the americans and the westerners back, you know, after a long period of sanctions. the people were finally starting to have businesses for themselves and, you know, maybe on...

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Developing their country. and thats why its so tragic whats happening today. i left behind an awful lot of wonderful people, and i worry for them very much. >> judith, finally, obviously its tragic for those who are caught up now in this horrifying retribution for gadhafi. we may be seeing the end of gadhafi. do you believe thats a good thing for libya in the long run? >> you know, i dont want to get into politics here. im just an educator. i just want the libyan people to be able to live their ...