<> Then from the time of the inital report, the building had been cleared in ***SEVEN MINUTES***!!! <>
No — about 20 minutes. Check your math —
I live by a school and have watched them clear the school of 1700 students in 5 minutes.
Here is a lady who witnessed the systematic evacuation of Sandy Hook up close and personal. Ask her:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptbd6qRY358
I’ve taught at schools so know a 5 minute evacuation is possible... in a planned fire alarm situation. In that situation, each teacher leads their class outside to a designated spot in the parking lot. Everyone is leaving the building at the exact same time. The teachers know the routine. The kids know the routine. There’s no distractions, dead bodies to step over, kids crying and certainly no chaos.
So, 7 minutes to get to the school, get vests on, get SWAT set up, get into the school, interview teachers about shadow people, find one or more gunmen, assess the situtation fully, declare it safe... and go in with enough personnel to round up all the students in each classroom (and closet), make them line up in an orderly form (ha, like that’s easy in normal circumstances) and lead one room out at a time while reminding them to keep their eyes closed without anyone stumbling over their own feet or falling on their backsides slipping in blood pools.