Columbia custodian who took on masked pro-terror rioter is too afraid to return to campus – and fears he will be fired

The Columbia University custodian who took on a pro-terror protester during the seizure of Hamilton Hall said he was “freaking out” when the mob stormed the building while he was working — an experience that’s left him too scared to return to campus.

Mario Torres, 45, was caught in the violence when rioters took Hamilton Hall on April 30, with the father-of-two caught on camera wrestling with demonstrator James Carlson, who The Post revealed to be the scion of millionaire ad execs .

“We don’t expect to go to work and get swarmed by an angry mob with rope and duct tape and masks and gloves,” Torres told The Free Press .

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Custodian Mario Torres tried to defend his workplace when protester James Carlson and dozens of others stormed Hamilton Hall. Getty Images
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Torres said he is too afraid to return to campus and fears losing his job. The Free Press

“The school could have done more to, A, prevent this and, B, to be there for us when we needed them,” he added, noting that he feels “abandoned” by Columbia.

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