India, April 19 -- Florida State University (FSU) students found creative ways to survive the mass shooting on Thursday. Some used chewing gum to cover classroom windows with paper, while others pretended to be dead.

Jeffrey LaFray, one of the students in the classroom when the shooting took place near the Students' Union, described how he and his classmates hid and tried to stay safe.

LaFray told ABC's Good Morning America that their teacher came up with a solution to prevent the shooter from seeing inside the classroom.

They planned to cover the windows with paper, but there was one problem: they didn't have tape to stick it. The students then started chewing gum and used it to attach the paper to the windows.

"The teacher was askin...