Zikuski, the police chief, said she stayed on the phone for 90 minutes, “feeding us information constantly,” despite a serious wound in the abdomen.
If you do not have a gun to sort yourself out, 911 is indeed dial a prayer.
Medics will tell you that the first health care move is to silence the terrorists, then you can treat the wounded directly.
After Columbine, our state police and local police from many communities (100 mi. from Binghamton) held a training in the method they said the feds now preferred, “shoot the shooter”. The plan was to enter the building with force and take out the shooter. Then rescue workers could enter. They invited school officials to the training, so we’d know what to expect if it happened in our building. Looks like Binghamton is back in the old “secure the perimeter” days.
My heart goes out to the courageous receptionist. I would have personally volunteered to get her out of there. My prayers go to the families of the innocent dead. It troubles me to think some may have had lingering deaths due to the cautious police response.