"According to my map, the nearest fire department/EMS is 2.75 miles from the school. Another is 5 miles and another about 9 miles. My guess is, with a cell phone call to 911, EMS would have been there in 5 minutes. I don't know what the protocol is, but the 911 call might just have triggered a helicopter response.
The Children's Hospital, to where the boy was eventually taken, is about 14.5 miles from the school. "
I’m not really sure it is a good idea to believe that this "Peace Time" response can be counted upon now. If this was a concerted terrorist action, I’d be willing to bet that these response times will be significantly longer. What if instead of a single child shot, there were children shot at a dozen schools in the area? Can you say ‘overwhelmed’ by the situation?
In light of the current world situation, US citizens have got to take more responsibility for themselves in crisis’s. Waiting for an EMS response that may never come assumes a lot. I’m not sure that trusting in the system is a good idea anymore. Part of the process has got to be an understanding that the system itself may be under attack.
I expect this to occur at some point. Hospitals?