"The front glass is all shot out," Sandy Hook custodian tells 911 operator
Reuters
2013-12-04
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A teacher calmly explains she has been shot in the foot. Another woman, sounding anguished, pleads for help. A custodian relays information from officers at the scene to a police operator.
There is also the booming echo of gunshots.
Officials in Newtown, Connecticut, on Wednesday released audio recordings of emergency 911 phone calls from the Connecticut school shooting that killed 20 children and six educators almost a year ago, revealing raw emotion in the voice of the callers.
One caller, custodian Rick Thorne, appeared to play an important role helping police piece together events early on.
Sounding composed, he told police the gunfire had stopped. Moments later the silence is broken by more gunshots.
"There's still shooting going on, please," Thorne said, sounding more urgent.
The audio files may be the final p
ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)
A teacher calmly explains she has been shot in the foot. Another woman, sounding anguished, pleads for help. A custodian relays information from officers at the scene to a police operator.
There is also the booming echo of gunshots.
Officials in Newtown, Connecticut, on Wednesday released audio recordings of emergency 911 phone calls from the Connecticut school shooting that killed 20 children and six educators almost a year ago, revealing raw emotion in the voice of the callers.
One caller, custodian Rick Thorne, appeared to play an important role helping police piece together events early on.
Sounding composed, he told police the gunfire had stopped. Moments later the silence is broken by more gunshots.
"There's still shooting going on, please," Thorne said, sounding more urgent.
The audio files may be the final p
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