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    Foiled School Bomber's Father Reflects On Lessons Learned From Thwarted Attack

    Jun 05, 2018 4 minutes
    David LaDue (left) and his son John. "Don't hesitate to pray for people or to talk to people," David says of the lessons he's learned from his son's thwarted school attack. (Courtesy the LaDue family)

    In February, we spoke with John LaDue of Minnesota, one of dozens of thwarted school attackers. He had bomb-making materials ready to go in a storage locker in 2014 when he was caught. LaDue says he had been a good student, but there was a slow decline.

    John got help and said he was embarrassed that he thought of ever hurting others. His father, David LaDue, has learned a lot from the experience, and shares the lessons with Here & Now‘s Robin Young.

    Interview Highlights

    On how he would have described his son back then

    “Seemed to be doing fine, very attentive to detail, motivated in his pursuits. Not very

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