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Classroom, opened my classroom door and the other teachers that were in my hallway started to return to and opened their doors and for, you know, a minute or so, we were yelling to kids to get inside, get in any room and then, you know, after about a minute or so, i knew i had to close my door. so i took in the kids that were mine, some of my kids ended up in another room, and then i took in a couple of kids who weren't mine because they were there and they needed a safe place to be. >> you run drills before, you have run a lot of drills in this high school. you had a fire drill just yesterday...

To happen to our school, it would probably be him. i never really actually expected it to happen, but it did. >> friends, people you know at school, said if this is going to happen at our school, it would be him? >> yes. >> did they say that before this happened or this is the conversation after it happened? >> no. this is a while ago, like last year. it's just something that people would say, like, oh, if we were in this situation, the person who most likely would do it would be this person. and in that case it was him. >> one of the remarkable things, and i'm going to put you at the top of t...

To check that and call back so we can get his account. but let me go with our panel here, darren, what you heard from shimon and senator nelson in fact about the preparations for this attack. >> the preparations were optimal importance. they should have had -- they went through a lockdown drill recently. and i believe s.w.a.t. team in close proximity. they were doing a drill. that's why you had the quick response. >> fire drill in the morning, not a lockdown drill. >> but you did have special operations officers that were in the immediate area. that's why they were able to respond so quickly. ...

Already had a fire drill that day. and there would be no reason for a second one. and my teacher said this was not scheduled. then i hear on the announcement, to evacuate. we all get out. i'm going down the route and i'm half way down the stairs from the room. to those in the 700 building. and the administrator is blocking my way and saying go back, go back. it's a shut down. and after he said that, i heard four or five gunshots. and we all started booking it to a classroom that was open. at the time most teachers already locked their doors and not opening it. >> did you know they were gunshot...

Classrooms into the hall. there the carnage began. >> reporter: students and teachers confused. only hours earlier they had done a fire drill. >> everyone thought it was a joke. then the gunshots came out. >> i heard screaming. i heard five or six gunshots. we thought they were firecrackers. >> reporter: some students running for their lives. others hiding under desks, sending frantic text messages to their loved ones. >> she said at 2:38, tell them someone is hurt on the third floor of the 1200 building. we can hear him crying and praying. >> reporter: one teacher hiding with 19 students insi...