been told about this. he s been made aware of what is unfolding right now in florida. that the white house is monitoring it. as you ve been reporting here live on our air, this is still unfolding, details are still sketchy. but we know that the white house has eyes on this and that the president as he s been in the meetings today talking policy and infrastructure, has been told about what is unfolding in front of our eyes and this is now become an all too common occurrence. the president being made aware of another shooting. this year, in 2018 let as listen in nbc 6 in miami for their coverage. we have several friends with kids at that school and one text and said her son is hiding inside of the closet at the school with other friends. so he s still on campus hiding in the closet. and the teachers have told them not to leave the school.
i m sending her texts and she s not responding so i m getting nervous. last text was she was in the building across where the shooter was at. and so michelle, it is through your daughter the way you found out something was happening or had you just gone to pick her up. my daughter and a friend. okay. and what exactly did they say to you when you talked to them? my triple-digit called my daughter text me there was a shooting in school. okay. there has been a shooting at school and it is for real. oh, that must be chilling. how are you doing right now. i m on pins and needles since she hasn t been responding to me now. okay. now you are outside with other parents? yes. okay. and now since you ve been at r perimeter, we saw one person live in an ambulance. have you seen anybody leave that was injured. there hasn t been anybody come this way. and have the police said anything to you as far as an active shooter on the scene? because apparently they were
and the par a rescue teams, they in essence need the police department to tell them first that it s safe for them to go into an area and there you see the officers well armed going inside the building there this afternoon, to go inside this school and hopefully find this individual that is creating all this chaos today. but that kind of team right there, they ll go in first, keith, secure an area so that the paramedics can then go in and do their work. because obviously it s almost impossible to evacuate someone out there, give immediate emergency medical assistance while they re undertaking fire themselves. you risk endangering the lives of students. you just rushed them out in an emergency. i want to go to senator bill nelson in the russell rotunda in washington, d.c. he has spoken with broward county sheriffs. he has an update. senator, we are hearing tragic
parents here. i honestly this is probably one of the few phone calls i ve received. or at least have had a moment to take. and mayor, we won t keep you much longer because i m sure you want to get back to your constituents, but how are parents doing out there with so many kids still inside of the school and they don t know the condition of their child? when i first got here, they were very upset. the parents that i have here are around me, they have all heard from their children. so they re calmer than they first were when i got here. thank goodness for technology. parents able to communicate with their child inside of that school. mayor, thanks very much. we know you have a lot to do and some more information to probably gather out there. hopefully we could check back in with you later this afternoon. thank you very much. that was mayor christine orbski and she s following what is going on. not able to get too much information other than gleaning
injured were being brought in. we have had reports that seven people were taken out of the cafe on stretchers. five of them appear to be receiving treatment immediately as they were being taken to the ambulances. it s unclear what the conditions of those five are or whether the person who died is one of those five. what was the scene as the ambulances arrived at the hospital? all hospitals across zsydney have been put on standby and alert. one of the hospitals not far from where the siege all unfolded now i know that at least three people it s hard to get exact number, but we should get an update in about half an hour and get those definite numbers. we do know that a police officer was injured. we do know several others suffered gunshot wounds. they have been taken to the major trauma hospitals to get the attention that they need.