Robb Elementary School teacher Elsa Avila describes the hour after she was shot by a gunman who killed 19 students and 2 teachers.
According to a legislative committee’s report that described a botched police response, nearly 400 local, state and federal officers stood in the hallway of the fourth-grade wing or outside the building for 77 minutes before some finally entered the adjoining classrooms and killed the gunman. Lawmakers also found a relaxed approach to lockdowns — which happened often — and security concerns, including issues with door locks. State and federal investigations into the shooting are ongoing.
A light flashed into their window, but nobody identified themselves. Scared it might be the gunman, the students moved away. With her remaining strength, Avila pulled herself up and helped usher students onto chairs and tables and through the window. Then, clutching her side, she told an officer she was too weak to jump herself. He came through the window to pull her out."I never saw my kids again. I know they climbed out the window and I could just hear them telling them, `Run, run, run!’" Avila said.
"I am very proud of them because they were able to stay calm for a whole hour that we were in there terrified," Avila said.
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