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Newtown releases 911 calls showing anguish and tension inside Sandy Hook
Deseret News ^ | December 4, 2013 | Michael Melia Associated Press

Posted on 12/05/2013 9:05:53 AM PST by Uncle Chip

Recordings of 911 calls from last year's Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting were released Wednesday, and they not only paint a picture of anguish and tension inside the building, they also show Newtown dispatchers mobilizing help, reassuring callers and urging them to take cover.....

The calls were made public under a court order after a lengthy effort by The Associated Press. Prosecutors had argued that releasing the recordings would only cause more anguish for the victims' families....

One of the first callers to Newtown police was a woman who said in a trembling, out-of-breath voice: "I think there's somebody shooting in here at Sandy Hook school."

Asked what made her think so, she said: "Because somebody's got a gun. I caught a glimpse of somebody. They're running down the hallway. Oh, they're still running. They're still shooting. Sandy Hook school, please."...

Another call came from a custodian, Rick Thorne, who said that a window at the front of the school was shattered and that he kept hearing shooting.....

Thorne remained on the phone for several minutes.

"There's still shooting going on! Please!" the custodian pleaded as six or seven shots could be heard in the background. "Still, it's still going on!"

Within 11 minutes of entering the school, Lanza had fatally shot 20 children and six educators with a semi-automatic rifle. Lanza also killed his mother in their Newtown home before driving to the school. He committed suicide as police closed in.

Newtown police officers arrived at the school within four minutes of the first 911 call, but nearly six more minutes passed before they entered the building while they sorted out concerns over a possible second shooter, according to a prosecutor's report issued last week....

(Excerpt) Read more at deseretnews.com ...


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KEYWORDS: agenda; crime; democrats; generosen; newtown; obama; sandyhook
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Timeline of the calls:

CALL 1, 9:35:39, 24 seconds [First Report]

CALL 2 released on the recording is a duplicate of Call 1

CALL 3, 9:36:13 a.m., Rick Thorne, acting head custodian, 3 minutes & 52 seconds

CALL 4, 9:37:06, 42 seconds

CALL 5, 9:40:02 a.m., 5 minutes & 22 seconds

CALL 6, at 9:40:20, Rick Thorne, 3 minutes & 24 seconds

CALL 7, 9:43:55 a.m., Rick Thorne, 4 minutes & 10 seconds

Part way through CALL 7 Rick Thorne sees the officers coming in.

1 posted on 12/05/2013 9:05:53 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: Uncle Chip

Slaughter porn.


2 posted on 12/05/2013 9:11:35 AM PST by Hugin ( More firepower!)
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To: Uncle Chip

It was not necessary to dredge these recordings up and release them to the public. Morbid curiosity. Some think we are edging closer to snuff movies when this tape of gratuitous suffering is made available for no other purpose than entertainment.


3 posted on 12/05/2013 9:12:05 AM PST by lee martell
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To: Hugin

dumb asses give up their God given right to provide for their own self defense and then die cowering
trusting the government gets you killed


4 posted on 12/05/2013 9:29:01 AM PST by thorvaldr
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To: Uncle Chip
It takes a special kind of idiot to believe ANYTHING that the Sandy Hook gun grabbers advocate.


5 posted on 12/05/2013 9:30:02 AM PST by Prole
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To: thorvaldr

and were is the security footage?
Micheal Moore said he wanted to release footage of shool children getting shot by an evil black rifle (no lunatic required apparently) but he never did.
Why is that?


6 posted on 12/05/2013 9:31:55 AM PST by thorvaldr
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To: Uncle Chip

call number 3. from 1:52 to 1:55 woman in the background said
“There’s a rumor it’s fake” and the man says

‘Jenn, hang up, I need you to get off that phone! ‘

Interesting...


7 posted on 12/05/2013 9:33:49 AM PST by delchiante
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To: Hugin

Yup. I’ve never been a fan of media broadcasting 911 calls. It serves no legitimate purpose.


8 posted on 12/05/2013 9:40:40 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: delchiante

Here is a full transcript — check it out here.

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/Full-transcript-of-the-Sandy-Hook-911-calls-5036086.php#page-2


9 posted on 12/05/2013 9:42:20 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: cripplecreek
Yup. I’ve never been a fan of media broadcasting 911 calls. It serves no legitimate purpose.

Oh, they have a purpose. The little frauds are trying to keep the Sandy Hook scandal alive so that they can keep their gun-grabbing agenda on track.

These "Sandy Hook 911 emergency call tapes" are designed to stir up emotion and angst toward firearms and their lawful owners.

10 posted on 12/05/2013 9:43:18 AM PST by Prole
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To: lee martell
when this tape of gratuitous suffering is made available for no other purpose than entertainment.

Most of the MSM doesn't pursue this type of atrocity for entertainment. They will use it for gun control, but that agenda for this incident is completely worn out also. The only agenda I see that could possibly be left is some kind of "proof" that it "actually" happened.

11 posted on 12/05/2013 9:44:05 AM PST by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: Prole

Bingo.


12 posted on 12/05/2013 9:49:10 AM PST by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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To: Uncle Chip
911 call you won't hear played thanks to liberals:
Send an ambulance to pick up a body. He came into the school with a weapon and pointed it at an armed teacher.
13 posted on 12/05/2013 9:49:28 AM PST by hometoroost
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To: delchiante

This whole thing is just weird from the get go.


14 posted on 12/05/2013 9:50:27 AM PST by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: Uncle Chip
urging them to take cover.

Sure. Tell them to get under their desks, where they can neither run nor fight. If they're not going to arm the teachers, at least tell the kids to swarm the guy when he enters the room. Throw things: books, lunchboxes, shoes, even your iPad (which won't do you much good when you're dead).

Once the killer enters the room, you're as good as dead anyway. You won't end up any more dead by fighting back.

15 posted on 12/05/2013 9:50:56 AM PST by JoeFromSidney ( book, RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY, available from Amazon.)
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To: Uncle Chip

If only a teacher or other staff member had been armed. If only...


16 posted on 12/05/2013 9:52:17 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet ("Of the 4 wars in my lifetime none came about because the US was too strong." Reagan)
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To: Prole

Was the head custodian out that the acting head custodian was needed?


17 posted on 12/05/2013 9:55:26 AM PST by delchiante
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If only the custodian Rick Thorne had a gun.

He was right there and sounded ready willing and able to go in after him but had to wait 10 minutes for the police.

That’s what these tapes show.


18 posted on 12/05/2013 9:58:18 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: delchiante

For some reason, I can’t get the tape to show minutes and can’t get it to rewind at the 1:52 mark so it takes too long to hear it. I did listen to it twice and can’t really say if Jen says “fake” or something else. It is interesting that the guy immediately tells her to get off the phone.

Can someone else verify what Jen is saying?


19 posted on 12/05/2013 10:09:48 AM PST by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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To: Uncle Chip

That doesn’t show what Jen was saying in the background. She’s definitely saying something that sort of sounds like “fake” but I can’t tell for sure.


20 posted on 12/05/2013 10:10:57 AM PST by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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