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Joe, stand by. a senior at the high school is joining us now. summer, are you okay? >> i'm really shaken up. i still feel sick. i don't think my hands have stood still for the past like three hours. >> you're 17 years old. you are a junior or senior? >> sadly, i'm a senior. this is the memory that i get to take away from high school experience. >> tell us what happened, if you don't mind. if it's too painful, i will leave you alone but if you want to walk us through, what happened, where were you when you first heard there was a shooter in the school? >> i was in about two hallways down from t...

>> and one of the largest enclosed shopping centers in the country visited by 42 million people a year. e i think if you are looking for 100% safety you should wrap yourself in bubble wrap and never leave home. >> it has something many things they do. it's a lockdown drill to try to prevent casualties in an attack. >> if something bad should happen, we don't want to say law enforcement will be here and they can protect you. we want to know what will happen if law enforcement gets here. >> for the average american citizen, you go to the grocery store and gas station, and you go to the shopping ...

Because they're usually not defended. it's a very effective way of causing a lot of panic, a lot of damage, very quickly, and achieving the objective of terrorizing people. >> reporter: back in this country, one mall that puts its security front and center is minnesota's mall of america. one of the largest enclosed shopping centers in the country, visited by 42 million people a year. >> i think that if you're looking for 100% safety, you should probably wrap yourself in bubble wrap and never leave home. >> reporter: it even has something many government facilities do not. >> this is a drill. m...

Happening again? of course, you mentioned the clackamas mall shooting in oregon, one man there, ten to 15 in kenya. what could be done to prevent it from happening in the u.s.? >> that's a really tough question. every facility has to deal with security in their own ways. we do know mall of america are one of the biggest malls in minneapolis. twice a month they do a lockdown drill where their have their customers, go through a drill where they practice how to hide and how to shelter in these kind of situations. >> before we get too far into this conversation, we probably should have done this a...

Facilities do not. >> this is a drill. mall of america is now going into lockdown. >> reporter: twice a month without actually, its tenants and its customers participate in a lockdown drill, practicing how to shelter in back rooms of stores to try to prevent casualties in an attack. >> if something bad should happen here, we don't want our response to start, and law enforcement will be here, and they will protect you. we want to know what can be done until law enforcement gets here. >> reporter: even a heightened security and awareness of your surroundings may end up being your best offense. >...