here in the united states, james zerkle knew the shooter, omar mateen. ogether. james joins me now. good evening, james, >> hi, how are you? >> i understand you went to school, rode the bus and worked in a mall with him after high school. what kind of a kid was he? >> he was all right until like 9/11 happened. he started acting totally different. >> okay, when 9/11 happened, you guys were in school? >> caller: yes, ma'am. >> okay. and you went to high school together, how did he change after 9/11? >> caller: well, i was in ninth grade. i think he was a junior or sophomore, and i mean on 9/11, when it happened that exact day, on the school bus, he was making plane noises and acting like he would hit a building and stuff, he would do that for a couple days in a row. and it was two or three days after that a bunch of kids on the bus were going to fight him because of it. and i think like after that he got expelled and had to go to a secondary school because of that. >> wait a minute, james. you mean that omar mateen was removed from your high school because