thought someone had dropped a table. before she knew it, she was taking cover and her good friend was gravely injured. she vividly recalls her friend's face, remembers how moments after he got hit in the temple by a gunshot inside their office at the navy yard, she thought she could save him. >> i felt him breathe. >> reporter: she says she was just a few feet away from her friend and co-worker, vishnu pandit, when gun shots slammed all around their office. she never saw the shooter. you almost got hit yourself, right? >> yes. the bullet missed me because we were already -- i was already moving and so the bullet missed me and it shattered the glass right next to where my head was. >> reporter: pandit was down but she says when she checked his pulse, it was strong. she and her co-workers ignored their own safety and what happened next, while the shooter was still on his rampage, is right out of a movie. >> the security guard showed up