teachers were slaughtered. they took no action to get into those classrooms as they waited for more equipment. we pressed for more of an explanation, and the response was devastating. listen. reporter: sir, you have people who are alive, children who are calling 9-1-1 saying please, send the please. they are alive in that classroom. there are lives that are at risk. that s not protocol, is it? we re well aware of that. reporter: right, but why was this decision made not to go in and rescue these children? again, the on scene commander considered a barricaded subject, that there was time and there were no more children at risk. reporter: and what time was that? based upon the information we have, there were children in the classroom that were at risk, and it was, in fact, still an active shooter situation, and not a barricaded subject. reporter: right. sir, if i can follow up. reporter: what can you tell parents who were asking to go in? there was 19. like i
wounding several more. 11-year-old survivor says she s terrified of men after what she went through. she didn t want to speak on camera. we re going to play for you what the child explained what happened that day. we re going to tell you, it s going to be hard to hear. it s real, it s important. the 11-year-old miah was in the 4th grade classroom that was in the room, she said they were watching lilo and stitch. the end of the school year. they finished lessons and one of the teachers got an email there was a shooter in the building, and went to the door and he was right there, and they made eye contact the shooter made eye contact with the teacher? and he then shot out the window of the door, and it started so fast. he backed the teacher in the classroom, and he made eye contact with the teacher again. looked her right in the eye, and said, good night, and shot her and killed her. he went through the door to the adjoining classroom, and mia would hear screams. she he
what did mia do then? she had a friend next to her that she was pretty sure was already dead, and was laying on the ground bleeding out, and she put her hands in her friend s blood and then smeared it she said all over her body. she wanted to seem like she wanted to look like she was dead. she was scared the gunman was going to come back through the adjoining door back into the classroom, and she wanted to be able to play dead. she also told you that she called 9-1-1. yeah y. after she smeared the blood on her body, she and a friend were able to take the phone off of one of the teachers who had already been killed. they made contact with the dispatcher and talked to them for a little while and told them what was going on inside, and mia kept saying, telling me she kept saying we re in trouble, please come, please come, we re in trouble. and again, mia didn t want to
started so fast. he backed the teacher in the classroom, and he made eye contact with the teacher again. looked her right in the eye, and said, good night, and shot her and killed her. he went through the door to the adjoining classroom, and mia would hear screams. she heard a lot more gun fire. then she said she heard music. she thinks the gunman put it on. she started blasting sad music, and she said, what it sounded like i want people to die music. so she had a friend next to her. that she was pretty sure was already dead and was laying on the ground bleeding out, and she put her hands in her friend s blood and smeared it all over her body. she wanted to look like sheep was dead. she was squared the gunman was