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Hot dogs lead to chaos at recent band competition

Daylin Arellano, Lucia Fetic, Maira Rizwan, Maansi Amin, and Luke Berard • March 4, 2024
Firetrucks arriving at 3:11 p.m.
Daylin Arellano
Firetrucks arriving at 3:11 p.m.

Students at the band competition were cooking hot dogs when heaps of steam caused the fire alarm to go off on Feb. 24. 

Three students were cooking hot dogs which set-off fire alarms at 2:50 p.m. Everyone was instructed to evacuate the building while waiting for the fire department to arrive. Four fire trucks arrived as the opposing bands got to JFKMHS.

Originally, the hot dog stand was by the gym and directly underneath the fire alarm. The hot dog stand was then moved to the cafeteria after the alarm went off.

Students reported that the situation was chaotic; no one knew what to do because the competition was about to begin. The band competition continued after the situation was resolved by the fire department.

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Lucia Fetic
Lucia Fetic is a senior at John F. Kennedy Memorial High School and a contributing member of The Torch. This is her first year in journalism and she chose to take the course because she loves to write. Her extracurricular activities include French Honor Society, Kennedy Cancer Society, Key Club, Heroes and Cool Kids, and she is a volunteer at HMH JFK University Medical Center. In her free time, she enjoys going to the gym, cooking, watching movies, and thrifting. Lucia loves to write about politics and movies. She aspires to be a screen-writer and travel the world in the future.
Maira Rizwan
Maira Rizwan is a sophomore at JFK Memorial High School where she currently is a first-year contributor to The Torch. Maira’s intention to join journalism was to improve her writing skills. She wants to learn how to structure pieces of writing as well as to better her vocabulary in her writing. Maira has always enjoyed finding out various news so she wanted to see if reporting it was also fun. She participates in a few clubs including Film Club, Key Club, MSA and Badminton Club. She hopes to join more clubs to better her understanding of what she seeks in life. Maira knows Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi, and English. In her free time, she likes to watch TV shows with her family and friends. 
Maansi Amin
Maansi Amin is currently a junior at John F. Kennedy Memorial High School. This is her first year being a part of journalism and is a contributor for The Torch. She is an active part of her high school and participates in clubs and activities like Student Council, Kennedy Cancer Society, HOSA, Women’s Empowerment Club, Heroes & Cool Kids, and is a student choreographer in Dance Exchange. In her free time she likes to listen to music, sleep, read books, watch Bollywood movies and dance. She has two years of professional training in the Indian classical dance form Kathak. Her favorite book genres include romance and murder mystery. She loves listening to pop, rap, Indian-pop, classical, r&b, and more. Her favorite artists include Arijit Singh and The Weeknd. She is a part of the class of 2025 and would like to attend Rutgers University in the near future.
Luke Berard
Luke Berard is a junior at John F. Kennedy Memorial High School. This is his first year as contributor to The Torch as well as his first in journalism. Luke decided to take journalism in order to expand his knowledge about different forms of writing.  He loves sports, especially football. Luke has a sports memorabilia collection consisting of gloves, footballs, helmets, jerseys and lots of cards. In addition to football, Luke also loves history; specifically anything related to WWII. Luke loves watching historical documentaries and learning about the past. One of Luke’s favorite things to do is go to museums. He finds that museums offer great insight into a world that most forget about. Luke also loves writing and finds it enjoyable. In the future, Luke plans to have a career path that involves history in one way or another.