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A Columbia janitor who was 'held hostage' by a mob including a millionaire advertising heir says he fears for his job as he hit out at the school for failing to protect him.
Mario Torres was one of several facilities workers caught up in the violence when pro Palestine protesters stormed Hamilton Hall on April 30.
The father-of-two had to fight his way out of the building and has been too scared to return to campus since.
'It all comes down to the school, it's not really public safety's fault even though I felt abandoned my them,' Torres told the Free Press.
'The school could have done more to a) prevent this and b) to be there for us when we needed them.
Columbia janitor Mario Torres, who was 'held hostage' by a mob including a millionaire advertising heir, says he fears for his job as he hit out at the school for failing to protect him
Torres (pictured) was one of several facilities workers caught up in the violence when pro Palestine protesters stormed Hamilton Hall on April 30
The group was led by James Carlson, the 40-year-old son of millionaire ad execs who lives in a four story $3.4 million Brooklyn townhouse
'We don't expect to go to work and get swarmed by an angry mob with rope and duct tape and masks and gloves.'
His comments come as it emerged the head of John Samuelsen the Transport Workers Union slammed Columbia president Minouche Shafik, as he revealed plans to sue the institution for failing to involve police sooner.
'It's on them to protect their workforce and they didn't do it,' Samuelsen told Politico.
More than 100 protesters were arrested at Hamilton Hall last week after riot-gear clad cops stormed the building via an upstairs window.
This included the group's leader, James Carlson, the 40-year-old son of millionaire ad execs who lives in a four story$3.4 million Brooklyn townhouse.
Carlson, who also goes by Cody Carlson and Cody Tarlow, was arrested by the NYPD and charged with burglary and illegal entry after he stormed Columbia's Hamilton Hall and re-named it 'Hind' Hall.
The accused, who is described as 'a long-time figure in the anarchist world' by officials, was also arrested for allegedly attacking a police officer during the violent G8 protests in San Francisco in 2005,
