Btw I will share my story of that situation here in CT.
Later at night after the event the local call in shows started getting calls from first responders in Fairfield County (Bridgeport, Stamford).
They said that when they had heard about the Newtown shootings on the radio or TV they immediately stopped what they were doing, rushed to their vehicles and sped off to the local helipads at the nearby hospitals.
They wanted to help the many wounded that would be on site—and those helipads were just minutes away from the scene by helicopter.
When they got to their local hospital they reported for duty.
“Go home” they were told. “Nobody called you in.”
They asked about the wounded at the school—somebody had to help them.
“Go home. They don’t need you.”
Something smelled—and they knew it.
cgbg wrote: “They asked about the wounded at the school—somebody had to help them. “Go home. They don’t need you.”
Something smelled—and they knew it.”
Do some research. There were 26 killed and two wounded. Which means they didn’t need lot of helicopters to transport the wounded.