“So, right now, we’re in a school. “An active shooter. It’s not a drill.” “Holy sh—— … holy shit! Oh my God! Oh my God!” “Hands! Hands! Put your hands up!” “Police, police, police, police.” “Let me see your hands.” “Put your phones away. Put your phones away.” “I just hear boom, boom, boom. And I was just like, ‘What the heck was that?’ Like, that can’t be anything other than a gunshot.” “We thought this was a drill initially because we have been having rumors that there was going to be a code red drill for a while. And we thought this was a drill at first. But then we started seeing headlines. People started freaking out a little bit. “He was a former student of Douglas High School. He got expelled for disciplinary reasons. I don’t know the specifics.” “Are you Nikolas Jacob Cruz?” “Yes, ma’am.” “Later this month, I will be meeting with the nation’s governors and attorney generals where making our schools and our children safer will be our top priority.” “Kids were freaking out. Some kids froze. Some kids were on their phones. A lot of were on their phones just trying to Snapchat everything because they thought it was a joke and it wasn’t.” “It’s just a heartbreaking tragedy. It’s a day that you pray every day I get up that we will never have to see.”