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School and they talk about the changes they made in the wake of the shooting at sandy hook and how they changed the entire protocol. they had two resource officers that were armed on classes. they went over the active shooting drills. how much of a factor do you think it played into what you are seeing happening today in santa fe? >> good afternoon, trace. thank you for having me. what they did having school resource officers there is a best practice. i would say that is a good step. if you are going through the proper evidence-based training, that, too would be a proper step. when it comes to...

Like the principal, the vice principals telling us to quickly run away from the school and get away as far as possible. so from that point we were running across highway 6, getting into the ditches across the street. we stood there and immediately i knew that this wasn't just a fire drill. then i saw police cars, sheriffs, all of that coming through. i was thinking maybe it's just a fire. and this is just an overwhelming amount of police presence coming. i started talking to my friends. they had all been hearing from other people and then themselves that there had been gunshots. soon after tha...

Obviously a fire drill is different from an active shooter drill. but you decided to run back inside? >> yes, ma'am. >> dana: i understand that you have a lot of friends obviously there at the school. what happened after you went back inside? how did you know that you were going to be safe? >> we have a cement room above our band hall. our band director is exmilitary -- there is a 200-pound steel door. he shut that. we were pretty confident we were going to be okay no matter what. >> dana: that is certainly a quick-thinking teacher, indeed. at what point -- let me ask you this. do you think yo...

Everybody looks and you hear boom, boom, boom. and i just ran as fast as i could. rnl one student told reporters his friend saw the shooter pull the fire alarm. that student heard shots. still trying to confirm who may have pulled the fire alarm. another student said they thought it was a fire drill at first, but then heard a teacher say start running. another student told our fox affiliate he saw the shooter with a shotgun and a pistol. students have been watching this, seen lining up with their arms up, having their bags searched as parents raced to the school to see if their kids were okay....

>> julie: the vice president mike pence and the president have been briefed and continuing to send out their outpouring of love and support. the vice president saying we're with you. you are in our prayers. i know you are in the prayers of the american people and president trump echoing those sentiments and the first lady as well saying my heart goes out to sante fe and all of texas today. the same goes for the rest of the country as we hear these horrific stories coming in. these children who are absolutely horrified between 7:30 and 8:00 this morning when they thought they were in the midst ...