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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 i've been in libya, which is four years now, i feel that mostly they're very pro-american. they've 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...

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 -- i've 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 that's why it's so tragic what's happening today. i left behind an awful lot of wonderful people, and i worry for them very much. >> judith, finally, obviously it's tragic for those who are caught up now in this horr...

The libyan people are for the most part very warm and very excited about, you know, developing their country. and that's why it's so tragic what's happening today. i left behind an awful lot of wonderful people, and i worry for them very much. >> judith, finally, obviously it's 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 that's a good thing for libya in the long run? >> you know, i don't want to get into politics here. i'm just an educator. i just want the libyan people to be able to live their lives in ...

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? we're hearing appalling stories coming from libya. >> hi, piers. i'm one of the lucky ones. we just heard a lot of things by rumor, but i didn't actually see anything. i think the thing that was very disconcerting for most of us was that everythinhappened so quickly. all of the events that could've taken place in the last few days were abso...

Coming from libya. >> hi, piers. i'm one of the lucky ones. we just heard a lot of things by rumor, but i didn't 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 could've 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 school open on monday, but events that happened sunday nig night. and we got all the teachers to the...