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This teacher thought it was a drill but then heard shooting. He kept students safe.
Miami Herald ^ | February 14, 2018 | Kyra Gurney

Posted on 02/24/2018 3:07:45 AM PST by kelly4c

When the fire alarm rang near the end of the school day on Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, teacher Ernest Rospierski assumed it was a “code red” drill.

Earlier that day at a staff meeting, teachers had been told there would soon be a “code red” or “lockdown” drill — in which teachers and students practice their response to an immediate threat — but they hadn’t been told the date.

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My apologies if this has already been posted. I don't recall having read a teacher's first hand account and thought it interesting there was talk about using a "code red" lock down drill at staff meet that day. Even though no date was given.
1 posted on 02/24/2018 3:07:46 AM PST by kelly4c
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To: kelly4c

That’s quite the coincidence, indeed.


2 posted on 02/24/2018 3:27:01 AM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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To: kelly4c

What are the odds that Cruz would choose a day on which the teachers had been briefed would be a drill???


3 posted on 02/24/2018 4:41:07 AM PST by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: kelly4c

How convenient that the shooter was completely masked when seen shooting, but then somehow walking without any of that with the students exiting the school.


4 posted on 02/24/2018 4:56:48 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: kelly4c

“Rospierski saw the shooter approach wearing a helmet and a mask.”

“Florida Sen. Bill Nelson told CNN the suspect also wore a mask and carried smoke grenades during the attack.”

http://time.com/5158678/what-to-know-about-the-active-shooter-situation-at-florida-high-school/

“Contrary to some media reports that Cruz may have been wearing a gas mask or some sort of tactical or bulletproof vest, Israel said he didn’t believe that was true.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/amp/officers-searched-florida-school-shooting-suspect-was-shopping-campus-authorities-n848501

Who knows what the truth is.


5 posted on 02/24/2018 4:58:59 AM PST by ilovesarah2012 (I)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

Lots of courage displayed inside the school by unarmed victims. Imagine if they were armed.


6 posted on 02/24/2018 6:10:55 AM PST by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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To: ilovesarah2012

Whatever the truth is, we won’t be hearing it from Israel...


7 posted on 02/24/2018 6:11:09 AM PST by trebb (I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives...mostly ;-})
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To: kelly4c

Bullet grazed his cheek but he kept performing.

Wow.

These stories, particularly the ones from the kids, don’t pass the smell test. The kids that’s ok, and even expected. But the adult retellings STILL aren’t as bad as the utter liars that we heard from in Sandy Hook.

Those people... wow.


8 posted on 02/24/2018 6:31:59 AM PST by Celerity
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To: ilovesarah2012

Especially where Liberals are involved.


9 posted on 02/24/2018 6:40:15 AM PST by Howie66 ("Tone down the tagline please." - Admin Moderator)
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To: kelly4c

“,The shooting stopped abruptly as the gunman reloaded. Rospierski said he took advantage of the pause to push his students toward the stairway so they could escape.”

It ain’t easy, but that’s when you’re supposed to jump the shooter, when he’s that close and reloading.

It’s also the point at which the Sheriffs move from cover to fire at the perp.


10 posted on 02/24/2018 7:17:27 AM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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