it difficult to gather news on this, when you hear the store tores and talk to the colleagues and the library clerk told us how it was not until at a got to the fire house and looking class by class, all of the students are lined yup two first grade classes that were not there. only a few students were present out of two entire classes and when you look at the numbers, it is staggering. and information for them. and we were speaking to the local journalist and they were overcome with emotion as to what happened in their community. nyeah. it is difficult, and it is one of those things, where it is it a very, very maul town, and everyone. as somebody who is the husband of a teacher of another school in the district. normal low when you hear about a world event it is it degrees
office. the officers are now saying that it appears the gunman shot his way in. it s interesting, with the timing on this, again, we re trying to piece together exactly what happened. but we know that the school puts the security procedures in place, locked their doors around 9:30 in the morning. but, the time line, tell us a little about the response time. because it seems like at least from what we know, that this happened very quickly. it does seem like it happened quickly and something else that mary anne jacob told us, you mention that she called the secretary and the secretary picked up the phone, even though the gun she was apparently in sight of the gunman and said they re shooting and then the teacher, or the library clerk, ran out and yelled lockdown, within that time, they locked down most of the classrooms. we also heard from that library clerk, her understanding even though she was in the back of the school with the fourth graders, her understanding is that the gunman
colleagues also set said the principal never hesitated a moment as many teachers ran into the hallway straight for the gunman. that move ended up costing her her life. the library clerk says they would not open up the doors until they were absolutely sure it was safe. we didn t know, we wouldn t let them in at first. they had someone call us and put a badge under the door and that is when we moved the file cabinets and let the kids out. to honor their bravery. tragedy in newtown raising serious questions about school security. state police confirming that the gunman was not voluntarily let into the sandy hook school. instead he forced his way in. moments later he opened fire and police put out this dispatch
20-year-old adam lanza as we move throughout the hour. here is a picture said to be from 2005 which would mean around the age of 14 shown here. sources telling fox news he may have had a developmental disorder and people who knew the shooter now describe him as smart but, quote, very remote socially. according to state police, the evidence now suggests that no one from the school allowed him to get inside the building around 9:30 in the morning friday morning. instead somehow he forced his way in. it s not clear exactly how. today a library clerk confirmed she and others inside the school learned that something was wrong once they heard the gun fire come across the intercom. the intercom in the office went off as if they were going to make an announcement and then we heard scuffling noises and stuff and i thought somebody had hit the button by mistake and they were just in the office. soy called down there and one of the secretaries abdomen the phone and said there is a
what can i tell you? gregg: the nation joining newtown residents in their grief today as well. heather: out of this tragedy we are hearing heroic stories of the sandy hook school staff, sacrificing themselves to save the lives of the students. and that includes principal dawn hochsprung, town officials say that she did not hesi hesitate , running into the hallway, straight fort gunman and lunging at him. he reportedly then shot and killed her. other teachers protecting their students by lobbing their classroom doors, hiding children to keep them safe and one teacher reportedly reading stories to the kids to try to keep them calm while another 27-year-old victoria soto, young first grade teacher, hid her students in a closet before the gunman killed her. sandy hook s library clerk described what she did once she realized her kids were in