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Went into the building.
He shot out the glass.
-- Cheryl Burton a sandy -- teacher's assistant who called 911 just moments after hearing in those first horrifying shots tonight.
She tells our group Jenkins how she kept sixteen students say as gunman -- -- began his cruel killing spree.
I called my when one end and they said that they had some calls come through already.
And they asked me to describe what I was hearing.
Come in at that time I was hearing was.
Haven't had.
Pop pop pop pop.
That wasn't -- And and he said do you think it's gunshots and I say that I think it's contacts.
At that time I did not realize that art teacher could not locker door.
But she had -- the custodians she -- her -- will -- and he issued her into our room.
And she close the door and he came back he stayed in the hallway he's locked up north.
So now our doors are locked -- I'm sitting on the floor as close as I can be in our students are huddled.
And that they should listen -- The loudspeaker trips and I thought I heard.
Barbara -- that our secretary.
And I believe what I heard was oh my -- in some crying.
And then in the farm went down with a loudspeaker was still line and I could hear.
The shooting from the door but I could hear it through that loudspeaker it was.
You could hear people like I don't know where I was and it didn't sound like it was coming our direction but it was going Aaron.
In nine I was on the phone 911.
And my phone -- and attacks came in in my immediate reaction was -- my -- -- my children.
They are first responders.
Would continue volunteer fire and rescue.
And they -- they were -- And so death then 91 and I'm caller said.
He suddenly put -- on -- for a minute man there's lots of calls coming in here as long as you're safe and again they asked me how many.
-- -- in the room and I said -- sixteen children to adults and we are safe now.
And they said -- -- Conning someone coming soon and he put me and hold.
Ernie put -- animal -- I hung up because they wanted to taxed my children my taxed my phones are going off my son was locked down at the high school.
My -- was the first responder.
-- she actually hadn't gotten calling act she wanted to know why didn't leave for the car.
When she's home from college it -- so I said.
Lock down shooter in school I'm okay I -- convinced that type.
-- And and then I texted my son and okay.
I I I don't know what's he like he went on for a really long time I called my rolling back and I got a woman this time.
And -- -- when -- help coming the shooting was still going on.
I heard the shooting stopped briefly and then start again.
It didn't -- mom.
-- -- -- -- -- -- How -- twenty minutes.
25 minutes.
You know it -- forever when it's down.
Who use its -- for a moment.
It was eerily quiet.
You know -- heard nothing and then you heard pop pop pop pop I mean it tests.
And it you know.
All I can think of was.
My coworkers and my friends.
In children and didn't didn't know at one point someone shook our door.
I'm -- say anything so I don't know who was I don't believe the shooter was ever in our side of the building.
-- woo hoo -- I know that I could still he had stated in our hollowing out the entire time.
And when the police stormed our our -- and I heard the conflict -- he was trying to explain to them and that he was the custodians and I could hear that.
I'm like I could hear the yelling between the two of them you know that the police -- coming -- I'm in the first time the police.
I'm -- our door and set police come open up I looked at my coach teacher.
In my late night my teacher then you know then my supervisor and I shook -- -- because I it was one person -- I didn't think we should open the door.
And then moments later I could hear several police officers.
And I could hear that next classroom -- -- -- -- -- crying and I could -- -- being let out so then.
I looked at my teacher and she opened the door and the police officers were there and -- be.
He lined the hall leaks.
And all we solved -- and looking at us and get me.
How their children's hands and we -- through the back of the building they let us out the back and we went to the firehouse.
Rick Peterson was essentially just stealing cars for class I believe -- Yes I believe him and Barbara half -- -- said.
Played a huge part in seeing many of the lights congress is secretary she is Susan.
The -- yes I believe I don't know for sure like extras.
But -- could I believe I heard her trip that Entercom Isa Hershey and that's.
And I talked -- yeah.
-- It was okay when whenever they sad because hurt her daughters are my friends.
Come.
And so when I saw her daughter who was -- first responder.
I thought that her mom and I eat and I didn't know what to see it.
Where.
Pitches and I can't talk to -- okay.
