Kaitlin Roig:
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/conn...dents-17978970
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have met people who remind us what teachers do, how much they care, even in the face of terror. I sat down with a first-grade teacher at that school, caitlin roric, she heard gunfire, large windows exploded in her classroom. He got 15 small children into a tiny bathroom to try to save their lives.
I put one of my students on top of the toilet. I just knew we had to get in there. I was telling them it's going to be okay, you're going to be all right.
I pulled the book shelf before i closed the door in front of it. Did you tell them to be quiet? Oh, yes, I told them to be absolutely quiet.
Because I was just so afraid if he did come in, he would hear us and start shooting the door. I said we have to be absolutely quiet. And I said there are bad guys out there now.
I just wanted us to be okay. And I was so so saddened that there are people who in this situation are not okay. And my heart, my heart goes out to anyone who knew them and was part of their lives.
I can't imagine. Did they cry? If they started crying, i would take their face and say it's going to be okay.
Show me your smile. Like I really tried to, you know, and one of my students was saying, I know karate, so it's okay, I'll lead the way out. They said, we want to go home for christmas?
Yes, yeah. I just want to hug my mom, things like that that were just heart breaking. And in my mind -- because you're hearing -- I've never been a part of something obviously anywhere near this traumatic.
And so I'm hearing the gunfire in the hallway and I'm thinking in my mind, I'm the first classroom, why isn't he coming? In my mind, I'm thinking as a six or seven-year-old what are your thoughts? I'm thinking that I almost have to be the parent, like I have to tell them -- I said to them, i need you to know that I love you all very much and that it's going to be okay because i thought that was the last thing we were ever going to hear.
I thought we were all going to die. I don't know if that's just teachers, but I wanted them to know -- I wanted that to be one of the last things they heard, not the gunfire in the hallway. It's just horrible.
How did you know you were going to be okay? I didn't. What finally happened, the gunfire stopped.
It wasn't that long. I said, no, we're staying here until someone comes to get us out. So what happened was, the police came and started knocking and obviously, I mean, I was completely beside myself.
I said, I don't believe you. You need to put your badges under the door. So they put their badges under the door.
I said, if you're really a police officer, then you would have a way to get in here with a key or -- you would have found the keys. So he had the keys and unlocked the door and then they brought us out with the rest of the teachers and students waiting for parents to come and pick them up. I think there are a lot of people who wish -- want all the teachers to know how much it means to them, how much they care about their children.
How could you not? You know, thank you. And she only spoke, she said, because she wants us to know this is a school of teachers who care so much about each other and their students.
Vicky Soto:
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/vick...dents-17983086
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I'm here, now, with james willsie, the cousin of another victim and a hero, vicki soto, a teacher at the school. I'm so sorry for your loss. Your cousin, from what we know, did everything she could to save the lives of some kids.
Yes. From what we've been told, my cousin, vicki, and her first grade classroom, took her students and huddled them into a closet. And then, shielded the children in the closet, trying to protect them from bullets.
Put herself between the gunman and the kids. Yes. She's definitely a hero.
Her life dream was to be a teacher. And her instincts kicked in. And protected her children from the harm that was coming.
I'm sure she heard what was going on. And went into lockdowne. Her kids, put them in the closet.
And by doing so, she lost her life protecting those little ones. What have you been able to learn from the police or others on the scene? Just that she was a hero.
The way that she was found, huddled over her children. Her students protecting them. You know, doing instinctively what she knew would be the right thing to do.
And she'll always be remembered as a hero. What else do you want people to know about your cousin? I was proud to know her.
And I know that her mom and dad have peace knowing the way vicki was taken from us tragically, protecting the children. Her life dream was to be a teacher. And she was all about molding those young minds.
So, she loved it. It's what she loved to do. And knowing that unfortunately she lost her life.
But knowing the way she lost it. We're proud to call her family. And that she was a hero.
Trying to protect those children. All our thoughts and all our prayers this morning. Thank you.
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http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/conn...shots-17979139
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As we said, the teachers at the sandy hook elementary school had been trained to react to a threat never expecting to use that training. Abc's amy robach is with us now and she tells us what the training was and exactly what they did. Amy?
That's right, we're here at danbury hospital where the medical staff toldis they thought it must have been a lot like 911 because they had their entire staff waiting here to receive the injured. Only three arrived. The death count unimaginable, but as you mentioned, so many people are attributing that number to the heroic acts of teachers.
If it weren't for their bravery, many in the community believe that number would have been even higher. Reporter: For the nearly 700 students who attend sandy hook elementary school, it is the teachers' words they follow day in and day out. Today, those words might have just saved their life.
His teacher went and checked, locked and closed the door. They went into a corner until they were recovered by police. The teacher put them in the corner and they weren't allowed to move until the police came.
Rita has been serving pizza there for more than 30 years. They're all heroes. It doesn't sound that the teachers did everything humanly possible, down to risking their own lives to protect the children in this connecticut school.
Elementary schools across the country have been preparing for lock down drills, evacuations, and other security measures since columbine. Reporter: Just this year, sandy hook put into place a security plan. Making it mandatory for visitors to ring a door bell.
And if staff didn't recognize the visitor, he or she needed to present picture i. D. , Sign in and only then would be let into Eefr time we went to the school, you had to press the button, they'd ask who you are to come in.
I don't know how anybody could walk in. This tweet from teachers. My cousin is the assistant principal at the newtown shooting and was shoot twice.
This face telling it all, this woman's sister, one of those teachers inside the school, her whereabouts unknown. There's no words that I could come u you don't know the details of the violence and you can't do anything to help them or protect them. That is a powerless and terrifying experience.
Reporter: Speaking of powerless, I just spoke to one of the doctors here who was at danbury hospital when they received the initial call multiple shots fired he amassed 80 doctors and nurses waiting to receive any potential victims and injured. Within the first ten minutes, they got those initial three injured and they were waiting for more. They were told as many as two dozen they would receive.
Within 30 minutes when they didn't show up, that's twh they felt the gravity of the situation because they knew they weren't coming, they were at the school and would stay there forever. It was a very disturbing moment for all of them. They said they're still going to be dealing with this obviously for months and years to come
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