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Gene Rosen details how he gave his surprise visitors shelter, believes the school massacre has forever changed them and the town
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And that and a painful said on Friday a group of six kids run up to a man shouting we can't go back to school art teacher is dead.
-- Rosen just returning home -- a walk when the children suddenly showed up in his driveway the children racing away from sandy hook elementary.
This was after the gunfire at -- erupted.
Mr.
Rosen told our Griff Jenkins -- I managed to keep the children safe as -- chaos continued to unfold.
When boys started crying.
He kept saying can't go back to this school we can't go back to the school our teacher's gone the teacher's gone.
And then the other -- said.
This is so -- was gone we can't go back to the school we don't have a teacher.
That went on for about 2030 seconds.
And I think one of them said.
For teachers dead -- -- it was dead could not take that and I could not hear what -- -- saying.
But I listened.
Cannot amend or question.
Or challenge what they were saying I listened and they kept talking.
And I think it was one of the little girls and said.
There was blood coming from her mouth and then she was on the ground.
And then the two little boys that candidate got a little gun he had a big -- little gun they had -- on their face.
We tried to -- their parents.
They give -- their numbers oh here's mine -- a million number.
But they were home numbers and they -- answering machines.
-- you were able to kind of do the parents except.
The school bus driver had the presence of mind to call her supervisor.
Who do the -- of the children and the contact information.
They called up and little by little.
The parents start coming I believe apparent that you may have come here thinking maybe their child was here.
-- on the door.
A -- little woman.
I was faced with frozen.
And she said I heard they were six kids here.
And she named her child.
She was such an attractive woman -- her face was frozen in fear she looked like stone.
And I said.
No he's not here but let's -- -- -- the firehouse and and look and I know she's been down there I think.
This -- board had perished.
Who perished -- response from him.
It's.
Sure what is fearsome -- -- holders and tell her that.
I wish I could have given her son to her it was the most helpless feeling that I had because as six other parents.
Had their children.
And she was begging.
For -- miracle as I was.
Passionate perished.
In my heart career.
