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>> about ten seconds. >> ten seconds, okay. >> enough for us -- the clerk came in -- the other cashier came in and said somebody is shooting out here, it's really close. i went outside with her, and we still heard shots and came back inside, because we heard ricochet and didn't want to get hurt. >> were you able to tell if the shooting was taking place outside of the church, or did the shooter manage to go inside? >> i don't know. and i don't have a confirmed report on that, either. i actually have a couple of houses blocking my direct view. but i can see in between the buildings, and see the ...

>> right. >> -- say i know this, because i didn't actually see it with my eyes. this is what i heard 50 yards away. and we keep getting more and more reports from first responders that come into the store, and from congregation members that are coming to give us updates on our friends and loved ones. >> did you and the other staff at the gas station there take shelter immediately as you heard the gunfire erupt? >> well, curiosity got the cat. we went out and looked first. and then we heard the ricochet, and ran back inside. at first we thought somebody was target shooting in their backyard. al...

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Afterwards he told me something i will never forget. that changed the course of the rest of the year for me. which is don't let anybody tell you that your story doesn't matter because your story is what makes you unique. it might sound cliche but it's not. anybody can look up these facts, anybody can read statistics and reports. but what makes this is real issues is students's voices, and moms and dads and faith leaders who have had to go to hundreds and hundreds of funerals for their congregation members in just the span of a year because of gun violence. those are the voices that we have bee...

Has really been honoring the 6399 service members whose lives have been lost since the start of the wars in both iraq and afghanistan. the field of flags is a traveling memorial being set up at churches across the country. each flag represents one life lost. and there were hundreds of congregation members that came out to a very special and patriotic service today. the names of the 117 soldiers, lives lost from new jersey alone were read aloud. poetry read, hymns sung, taps, bagpipes prelude and "amazing grace." the pastor here says this town is connected to the conflicts overseas because midd...