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Ryan from stoneman douglas had pointed questions for the senator. >> now, i'd like to say, senator, these drills, code reds, active shooters, they have been a part of my life for as long as i can remember. when i was in fifth grade i had to hide in a bathroom for three hours and just waiting with my teacher. and nearly 20 other kids to see that -- just because the shooter has come to our town, not even in the school itself. now 7 years later i'm in a closet with 19 other kids, waiting, fearing for my own life. i'd like to ask you, that after me and several others have been going out of their w...

To shield kids, to hide them in closets, to shelter them. and i hope this lifts up who teachers are and who their heart is. number two, safety is really important. and, yes, we have to do all of the trainings and we have to do the active shooter trainings and code yellows and code reds and code greens. we have to do all of that. but we have to do the work to ensure that kids like this, mr. cruz, get the mental health help they need. that means not cutting mental health services, not cutting school safety services, but having them so that teachers have the ability to have those supportive envir...

>> you had the same radio -- >> yeah, i have the same radio. the coaches, all of the coaches pretty much have it. i had it with me and i was listening, and somebody -- one of 'em said -- one of the security guys said, was that a fire cracker? i heard someone say, that was no fire cracker. >> aaron knew right away? >> aaron knew right away. i guess him and chris were on -- on the way immediately, you know. so then the fire alarm goes off and, you know, we just had a fire alarm earlier in the morning. and i got to tell you, i been teaching 25 years, and in all of that time we worked harder on th...

It all started. >> did you know right away what was going on? >> no. no, really i didn't, because all -- all i heard first was like a shot. and they kind of -- i thought it was a gunshot but they kind of threw me a curve when on the radio they came and said -- somebody said, was that a fire cracker. >> you had the same radio -- >> yeah, i have the same radio. the coaches, all of the coaches pretty much have it. i had it with me and i was listening, and somebody -- one of 'em said -- one of the security guys said, was that a fire cracker? i heard someone say, that was no fire cracker. >> aaron ...

Shooting, screaming. we ran into our classrooms and dove in as soon as we closed the door. i don't know who couldn't maker saw, but you heard the shooting and screaming. >> you and i were looking at videos. it was tragic. you passed by people who had been shot. >> bodies were just there. >> did you know immediately what was happening when you heard the pop, pop, pop noise? >> no. i thought it was like -- we've been having a lot of drills lately. they've been strict. the teachers have been -- >> about an active shooter? >> code reds, code blacks, fire drill, all that. i thought in the beginning...