On the other hand, people who are traumatized often go into a trance-like state, where they simply do the mundane things, especially when asked.
Anyway, she didn’t run out. She was found in the classroom by law enforcement. One of them probably asked her which coat was hers, and had her put it on because it was cold outside. And she probably just did what she was told.
on the other hand, maybe we really have so deadened our children to the reality of death that she wasn’t traumatized, that it was just like those video games she watched other people play. That would be truly sad.
Good to know. They probably checked her out real quick and told her that "she was okay", and thus the words "I'm okay" to her mother.