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Hengel's family stood in front of the auditorium's stage and hugged one well-wisher after another for more than two hours. They had set up a tent, a canoe and paddle and a mock campfire on the stage. Hawk's No. A slide show showing Hengel hiking in the woods, canoeing and riding horses with his family played before the ceremony started.

Many of the photos featured him with his father, Jon. The Rev. Nicholas Johannes told the crowd he wondered why Hengel did it as he held the boy's hand in the hospital, but said he'll never know.

Hengel was a good person and God would not judge him on one act, Johannes promised. People's lives revolve around work so much they don't listen or help each other anymore, he said. This is about the world's sin.

Something has gone terribly wrong," he said. Keith Schroeder, Hengel's scoutmaster, said he had looked forward to seeing how Hengel would turn out as a man, because he was such a compassionate youth and always had a smile on his face. He said Hengel would be any scout's partner and made the best French toast in the troop.

We didn't see his bucket was empty and I don't think Sam did, either. Jon Hengel told the crowd his son was a quiet leader who was "always ready to go. You are one of the great ones," he said. I love you, Sam. A bugler closed the ceremony with "Taps. Last fall the school went through training drills about how to respond to a potential school shooter, Baneck said. It is unclear if Burd took part in that drill. The students in the classroom took a cue from their teacher, engaging Hengel in hours of small talk to try to ease the tense situation.

My legs were shaking," sophomore Austin Biehl said, but "overall, everyone remained calm, and just kept talking to him. On Monday afternoon, police received a phone call from the principal, alerting authorities that a students in a western civilization class were being held at gunpoint on the campus.

The class was watching a film about Greek myths when Hengel left the classroom after asking to use the restroom. Police believe he then stopped by his locker and returned moments later with a duffle bag.

I wasn't paying any attention to him and I just saw some of my classmates see the gun and then everything just got really serious," Biehl said in an interview on "Good Morning America" this morning.

Hengel pulled out a gun and shot the movie projector and ordered classmates to hand over their cell phones, police said. He broke his own phone when it rang.

He was carrying two pistols and a knife, police said. Additional bullets for the two guns were in the backpack. Michael Arnold was one of the students Burd turned away from the classroom. Nevertheless, officials said the hostage situation wasn't discovered until a parent, who was concerned his daughter had not answered his phone call, came by the school. Lambie said he went to classroom to find the girl, only to be confronted by Hengel.

Hengel was calm throughout the exchange, he said. Family friends of the Hengel family said he was "the most respectful kid you would ever meet" and that his actions were completely shocking. Classes at Marinette High School will resume on Wednesday. All hostages freed at US school. Timeline: US school shootings. Ohio student goes on gun rampage. Fatal shooting at US Amish school.

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