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Dangerous. did you have a sense of you knew who to do to get to safety? >> we didnt know it was a school shooting. we thought it was a drill or somebody fired blanks which was the resuumor. so a herd of us were running towards walmart not knowing what went on, honestly. >> sarah, i know you must be getting in touch with friends and family. >> thank you. >> my guests are back with me tonight and we are going to show this video one more time. just be aware, it is shocking but it gives you a sense ...

Lockdown drill to our school. i texted back and said its real. you know follow the directions. >> um-hum and it wasnt until then. i want to get it straight, will, that you and the other students got into the closet right after the ten minutes? >> yeah. that was correct. we were -- and we were in a computer lab so the teacher turned off the computers to make -- so there was no light. and she turned off the closet light and we just sat in the closet for i would say an hour probably until the polic...

Red, which is gun on campus, we went over that about a month ago, and there were rumors going around the school there would be a fake shooting to see how the students would prepare for it and stuff like that. so when we first heard the two gunshots nobody did anything because we thought that was a drill, you know. >> yeah. >> and then i just saw people running, then i heard it again. and got louder and louder. and thats when i just ran downstairs. and i could tell he was like right around the co...

Was no longer a drill. and things were getting serious. at 2:40 we knew it was real serious. >> so how long were you holed up in the classroom then there fearing for your lives, i imagine? >> well, you know, the kids are great. six kids i had were really good. we were extremely calm. basically put out an email what kids i had. which kids are missing. we figured out where they all were through text messages so i knew all the kids i had in class and they were safe which is a drill that we have gon...

Rural colorado in the theater, they thought it was a drill. but going back to this particular story, what happens here with schools, schools are a place of peace, they are not ha police of war. so how do we properly fortify our schools but at the same token not line the perimeter with tanks? one of the things we have to take into consideration, this was a person that had a known problem, a known history with that school. therefore, this should have addressed a harbinger for violence with this pa...

Most of his victims at random, firing at passing motorists and homes who wore tactical vests with extra magazines for his guns. police say he had prior contacts with law enforcement but did not elaborate. >> this is what the schools drilled for. we used to drill for tornadoes when i was a kid, now you drill for mass shootings and shootings situations. thats what they drilled for and thank goodness it sounds like that practice, that lockdown drill worked here, paid off here. >> yeah, it could hav...

Attention to whats going around in the surrounding area. we call it situational awareness, being aware whats going on. so this way we could have a full filed life. >> so moving from scared to being aware and then prepared is what you really do is what im hearing. >> yes. >> can i ask some of the students here, gabe, do you have active shooter drills? do you have lockdown drills in your school? >> once a year we usually do a lockdown drill where everyone hides behind so the shooter if he were to ...

Really quiet and it was just really nerve-racking. >> i was just thinking of places i would hide or run if in the scenario that ever happened. i couldnt think of any. >> in the years since columbine, schools across america have tried to prepare for the worst. most adapting some form of a standard lockdown drill. some districts have gone further permitting teachers to carry firearms, training students in self-defense, and thanks to a new law, beginning this year, all school staff members in misso...

Their hands in the air, patted down by police, by law enforcement. obviously trying to make sure just in case the shooter had an accomplice, that person would not be able to get away. thankfully it doesnt look like he had an accomplice. were you one of those students being led away with your hands in the air? >> the single file line, every person had to put their hands up no matter what. and so we all put our hands up. the police were just lightly patting us. and we would keep going. certain stu...

The school? >> one of our teachers, our science teacher named mr. wallace came in and let us know. >> what did he say exactly? >> he ran into the room. he just yelled. he goes, lock down. do what you would do in a lockdown drill. this is not a drill. >> how often do you do lockdown drills? >> i would say once every three months. ive done quite a bit. so i knew exactly what to do. arapahoe prepares really well. what did it entail? >> we all went into a corner. i was upstairs in a room so we all...