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The desk. my kids will say thats where they were written on the silk tablets. today the drill is what? simply to go out of the school? how do you prepare little kids without scaring them? >> for an active shooter you dont want the kids running out of school. they can run into the active shooter. you want to be able to lock down the classroom. if you can lock down the classroom, get the children down on the floor, take their desks lay them over get behind the desks lock the door so the shooter do...

Was a place to be long. >> did he need that? >> yes, he definitely needed that desperately. >> why do you say that? >> well, it goes back to saying that he was withdrawn most of the time, he was very quiet. in his freshman year he was very small in size and he had a lot of fear coming into the high school and interacting with other students. >> but did he have a reason to be fearful of the other students? was he picked on? >> not really, no. no. not really. newtown system itself is a very, very ...

Stop this crazed individual. he is evil. he did the devils work. what can we do in schools to protect our children? >> they did have some plan in the school. we could probably tweak that, though. >> how? >> apparently the shooter got in through the glass door. what happens is he shot the glass door out and went inside. the class itself wasnt -- was very easily penetrated. he was able to access the school. so theres a couple different things we can do. >> what? >> something simple like put the ba...

>> describe a lock down. >> you do with your emergency action plan. it is basically locking down the school which they tried to do. they locked all of the doors. >> but the shooter is in the school. right, exactly. the shooter got into the school. if they had some kind of bars on that door maybe the shooter could not have gotten to the school. >> so lets accouple that there is this as you call safety or emergency action plan. that means that we have to train the teachers and efshl else. is this ...

Advisor of that club. he was part of that club. it was a large club we had in school. >> and what did people do in the tech club? >> video productions of every kind, basketball games, football games, sports, graduations, events in town, bit of radio station as well. >> so the kids in this club -- >> i am sorry, richard. >> thats okay. >> these kids didnt tin the clb were tech -- techy kids. >> how would you describe adam in particular? >> high-tech -- high intellectual techy who loved to be invo...

>> they were in a mini war when you think about it. the rampage. when i first heard the news i was like is this another terrorist attack. it almost sounded like that. what post traumatic stress disorder is having oo frightene. we usually walk around thinking we are safe and the world is safe. there is a recognition the world is no longer safe or in your control. >> we heard last night about a child who was afraid to have her father leave her side for good reasons. >> there will be regression, ni...

Them. no, there wasnt. >> all right. richard did you have occasion to meet his mother during the time that he was in school, nancy lanza? >> yes, often. >> tell us about her. >> she was a great person. i liked her very, very much. she was the type of parent who interacted with her children, was deeply involved in the educational process. friends were probably chosen well. the activities she was involved in all of the time. >> how did see ahe and her son interact? >> tough to say. quite well. the...

I am a mother. i have seen child abuse and homicide cases. this one just breaks your heart. >> i think what you do is you pay attention to the people that are right in your world to help them with this and also learn to be he knows is tive to the other people who also need extra help. >> great panel dr. leslie, dr. good man and dr. stabenow. these are without a doubt the most difficult of times. can faith heal all wounds? [ sniffs ] i have a cold. [ sniffs ] i took dayquil but my nose is still...

Of them. >> they were in a mini war when you think about it. the rampage. when i first heard the news i was like is this another terrorist attack. it almost sounded like that. what post traumatic stress disorder is having oo frightened reaction. we usually walk around thinking we are safe and the world is safe. there is a recognition the world is no longer safe or in your control. >> we heard last night about a child who was afraid to have her father leave her side for good reasons. >> there wil...

What we need to do is have some type of an alarm where they know it is time for the lock down. >> everybody heard what was going on. >> what should parents do tomorrow morning should they call their school and say hey what is the safety plan for my child? >> that is something they should definitely do. i suggest parents call the school and ask them do you have an emergency action plan in effect in the school? if not, why? and if not, when? get together with the pta, then you can all get together...