1 00:00:00,862 --> 00:00:04,342 ♪♪ 2 00:00:04,344 --> 00:00:06,074 Martin: THIS IS WHAT YOU TRAIN FOR. 3 00:00:06,068 --> 00:00:07,998 THIS IS WHAT YOU EXPECT NEVER TO HAPPEN 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,000 AND HOPE NEVER HAPPENS. 5 00:00:11,620 --> 00:00:15,210 THE CARNAGE THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH, 6 00:00:15,206 --> 00:00:18,026 YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY AFFECTED 7 00:00:18,034 --> 00:00:21,344 BUT THAT'S THE BUSINESS YOU SIGN UP FOR. 8 00:00:23,551 --> 00:00:25,971 I WAS A POLICEMAN FOR 37 YEARS 9 00:00:25,965 --> 00:00:29,755 AND GOD BLESS THE MAN THAT INVENTED THAT JOB. 10 00:00:31,655 --> 00:00:33,065 Gillum: I MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN HERE TODAY. 11 00:00:33,068 --> 00:00:36,138 IF SOMETHING ELSE HAD GONE DIFFERENT. 12 00:00:36,137 --> 00:00:38,587 MY LIFE COULD HAVE BEEN OVER 20 YEARS AGO. 13 00:00:55,068 --> 00:00:58,138 THIS ISN'T THE YOUNG MAN THAT WE GREW UP WITH 14 00:00:58,137 --> 00:01:02,167 AND CALLED A CLASSMATE. 15 00:01:02,172 --> 00:01:05,142 WHO'S CAPABLE OF THAT, YOU KNOW? 16 00:01:05,137 --> 00:01:07,997 THAT'S HARD. 17 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:09,450 THAT'S HARD. 18 00:01:09,448 --> 00:01:10,548 I'M GLAD TO HAVE HEARD IT 19 00:01:10,551 --> 00:01:12,481 BUT I COULD DO WITHOUT HEARING IT AGAIN. 20 00:01:12,482 --> 00:01:18,522 ♪♪ 21 00:01:18,517 --> 00:01:21,167 Sorrell: WHY DID I STEP INTO THE ROOM? 22 00:01:21,172 --> 00:01:22,592 IT'S SIMPLE. 23 00:01:22,586 --> 00:01:27,446 IT WAS ME FOR THE STUDENTS AND TEACHER. 24 00:01:27,448 --> 00:01:30,138 I WAS MAKING A TRADE. 25 00:01:30,137 --> 00:01:33,137 IT WAS GONNA BE ME OR NOBODY. 26 00:01:35,448 --> 00:01:38,898 IF I HAD TO DIE, THAT'S FINE. 27 00:01:38,896 --> 00:01:41,966 I WASN'T GONNA LET HIM HURT STUDENTS. 28 00:01:41,965 --> 00:01:47,545 ♪♪ 29 00:01:47,551 --> 00:01:53,211 ♪♪ 30 00:01:53,206 --> 00:01:58,516 [ GLASS SHATTERING ] 31 00:02:00,068 --> 00:02:07,968 ♪♪ 32 00:02:07,965 --> 00:02:15,825 ♪♪ 33 00:02:15,827 --> 00:02:19,237 Gillum: IT'S A PRETTY TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY. 34 00:02:19,241 --> 00:02:20,521 VERY SMALL TOWN. 35 00:02:20,517 --> 00:02:23,547 MY CLASSMATES AT SCHOOL, WE GREW UP TOGETHER. 36 00:02:23,551 --> 00:02:26,831 WE'D KNOWN EACH OTHER SINCE WE WERE VERY SMALL CHILDREN. 37 00:02:26,827 --> 00:02:31,897 ♪♪ 38 00:02:31,896 --> 00:02:33,406 THIS IS OUR JUNIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL 39 00:02:33,413 --> 00:02:34,693 AND FROM WHAT I RECALL, 40 00:02:34,689 --> 00:02:36,379 THE SCHOOL YEAR IS KIND OF WRAPPING UP 41 00:02:36,379 --> 00:02:38,279 AT THAT POINT IN TIME. 42 00:02:38,275 --> 00:02:39,965 [ SCHOOL BELL RINGS ] 43 00:02:39,965 --> 00:02:44,405 ♪♪ 44 00:02:44,413 --> 00:02:47,663 THAT MORNING, I DON'T RECALL ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. 45 00:02:47,655 --> 00:02:49,965 IT'S A VERY NORMAL DAY 46 00:02:49,965 --> 00:02:52,235 IN THE LIFE OF AN ADOLESCENT ATTENDING SCHOOL. 47 00:02:54,586 --> 00:02:56,786 Teacher: EVERYBODY, TURN TO PAGE 52. 48 00:02:58,310 --> 00:03:01,930 Gillum: OUR FIRST PERIOD CLASS IS TAUGHT MY MS. KANABROSKI. 49 00:03:01,931 --> 00:03:03,661 IT WAS AN ADVANCED MATH COURSE. 50 00:03:03,655 --> 00:03:09,925 ♪♪ 51 00:03:09,931 --> 00:03:12,241 THE FIRST REAL INDICATION OF A PROBLEM 52 00:03:12,241 --> 00:03:15,831 DIDN'T OCCUR UNTIL, YOU KNOW, CLAY APPROACHED THE DOOR 53 00:03:15,827 --> 00:03:18,757 AND HE CAME INTO THE CLASSROOM SEVERAL MINUTES LATE. 54 00:03:18,758 --> 00:03:25,758 ♪♪ 55 00:03:25,758 --> 00:03:30,688 HE WAS OBVIOUSLY IN DURESS AND DIDN'T LOOK QUITE HIMSELF. 56 00:03:30,689 --> 00:03:37,449 ♪♪ 57 00:03:37,448 --> 00:03:44,278 ♪♪ 58 00:03:44,275 --> 00:03:47,445 HE WAS VERY WHITE IN APPEARANCE, 59 00:03:47,448 --> 00:03:49,688 ALMOST LIKE THE BLOOD HAD SHOT OUT OF HIS FACE. 60 00:03:49,689 --> 00:03:51,549 VERY, YOU KNOW, WHITE... WHITE AS A GHOST 61 00:03:51,551 --> 00:03:53,761 AND HAD A VERY DISTRAUGHT LOOK ON HIS FACE. 62 00:03:57,137 --> 00:04:01,307 I REMEMBER CLAY DRAWING A SMALL PISTOL FROM HIS POCKET... 63 00:04:01,310 --> 00:04:08,790 ♪♪ 64 00:04:08,793 --> 00:04:11,103 ...MAKING IT VISIBLE TO EVERYONE WITH A BRIEF WAVE 65 00:04:11,103 --> 00:04:14,863 THAT HE HAD A FIREARM, 66 00:04:14,862 --> 00:04:18,412 AND JUST SAID, "I'M HAVING A VERY BAD DAY." 67 00:04:18,413 --> 00:04:25,523 ♪♪ 68 00:04:25,517 --> 00:04:27,517 YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN DROP. 69 00:04:30,689 --> 00:04:33,519 THERE WAS DEFINITELY A PAUSE IN BREATHING, 70 00:04:33,517 --> 00:04:37,617 A RECOGNITION THAT THINGS WERE NOT RIGHT ACROSS THE ROOM. 71 00:04:40,965 --> 00:04:43,895 I CAN REMEMBER IT BEING EERILY SILENT, 72 00:04:43,896 --> 00:04:46,996 BUT NOT REMOVING MY FOCUS FROM, 73 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,690 THIS IS CLAY AND HE'S GOT A GUN. 74 00:04:50,689 --> 00:04:54,029 I WAS JUST TRYING TO PROCESS, "WHY IS HE IN HERE?" 75 00:04:54,034 --> 00:04:55,484 AND "WHY DOES HE HAVE THIS?" 76 00:04:57,793 --> 00:05:00,523 I CAN REMEMBER THE ADRENALINE KICKING IN. 77 00:05:00,517 --> 00:05:02,067 YOUR HEART PICKS UP A PACE. 78 00:05:02,068 --> 00:05:04,098 I CAN REMEMBER THE COLD SWEAT FEELING, 79 00:05:04,103 --> 00:05:06,933 THE PANICKED FEELING OF, "THIS IS REAL." 80 00:05:06,931 --> 00:05:09,551 I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYTHING CAN PREPARE YOU 81 00:05:09,551 --> 00:05:12,171 FOR THAT LEVEL OF HOPELESSNESS OR PANIC 82 00:05:12,172 --> 00:05:18,312 OR THAT YOUR BODY OR MIND HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROCESS THAT. 83 00:05:18,310 --> 00:05:21,310 IT IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SITUATION 84 00:05:21,310 --> 00:05:23,550 THAN YOU'VE EVER BEEN PUT IN BEFORE IN YOUR LIFE 85 00:05:23,551 --> 00:05:27,551 AND GOD WILLING, WOULD EVER BE PUT INTO AGAIN. 86 00:05:27,551 --> 00:05:31,031 Teacher: CLAY, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? 87 00:05:31,034 --> 00:05:34,554 Gillum: MS. KANABROSKI VERY CALMLY ENGAGED CLAY DIRECTLY. 88 00:05:34,551 --> 00:05:36,691 AND SAID, "CLAY, WHAT'S THIS ABOUT?" 89 00:05:36,689 --> 00:05:39,549 ARE YOU IN TROUBLE? DO YOU NEED MONEY? 90 00:05:39,551 --> 00:05:41,521 DO YOU NEED A CAR? WHAT'S GOING ON? 91 00:05:41,517 --> 00:05:42,967 HOW CAN I HELP YOU? 92 00:05:42,965 --> 00:05:46,165 "THERE'S MONEY IN MY PURSE, TAKE IT." 93 00:05:46,172 --> 00:05:49,172 I CAN REMEMBER CLAY VERY SPECIFICALLY GOING 94 00:05:49,172 --> 00:05:51,102 "IT'S NOT ABOUT MONEY, IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT. 95 00:05:51,103 --> 00:05:52,723 I'M JUST HAVING A BAD DAY." 96 00:05:56,862 --> 00:06:00,342 AND CLAY APPROACHED THE TEACHER'S DESK AND SAT DOWN. 97 00:06:04,137 --> 00:06:06,137 MS. KANABROSKI ENGAGED HIM AGAIN 98 00:06:06,137 --> 00:06:10,477 AND SAID, "WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO THEN?" 99 00:06:10,482 --> 00:06:13,212 CLAY INSTRUCTED HER, "JUST PRETEND LIKE I'M NOT HERE. 100 00:06:13,206 --> 00:06:14,336 GO ON WITH CLASS. 101 00:06:14,344 --> 00:06:16,724 PRETEND LIKE EVERYTHING'S NORMAL." 102 00:06:16,724 --> 00:06:22,694 ♪♪ 103 00:06:22,689 --> 00:06:28,719 ♪♪ 104 00:06:28,724 --> 00:06:31,344 Sorrell: IN MAY OF 1994, I WAS JUST COMPLETING. 105 00:06:31,344 --> 00:06:34,834 MY FIRST YEAR EVER AS A VICE PRINCIPAL. 106 00:06:34,827 --> 00:06:39,857 ♪♪ 107 00:06:39,862 --> 00:06:43,102 I'M IN MY OFFICE AT APPROXIMATELY 7:00 A.M. 108 00:06:43,103 --> 00:06:45,383 I OPEN UP MY BIBLE TO WHAT I WAS GOING TO READ. 109 00:06:45,379 --> 00:06:48,549 MY GOD IS MY ROCK IN WHOM I TAKE REFUGE. 110 00:06:48,551 --> 00:06:50,001 Sorrell: DID MY PRAYER. 111 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,830 IT'S ALWAYS FIRST RAISING THE LORD UP 112 00:06:52,827 --> 00:06:55,377 AS THE MAJESTY FOR HIM 113 00:06:55,379 --> 00:06:58,099 AND THAT HE IS MY GUIDE AND HE IS MY SAVIOR. 114 00:06:58,103 --> 00:07:00,143 AND THEN WHAT I DO AT THAT POINT 115 00:07:00,137 --> 00:07:03,587 IS, "KEEP ME SAFE, KEEP ME SAFE." 116 00:07:03,586 --> 00:07:05,586 AND, "LORD, BLESS THESE PEOPLE." 117 00:07:05,586 --> 00:07:07,026 BLESS THE STUDENTS THAT I SEE. 118 00:07:07,034 --> 00:07:08,384 BLESS MY FAMILY. 119 00:07:08,379 --> 00:07:10,209 BRING ME BACK SAFE TO THEM. 120 00:07:10,206 --> 00:07:12,996 "THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU GIVE ME EACH AND EVERY DAY." 121 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:18,450 ♪♪ 122 00:07:18,448 --> 00:07:23,928 ♪♪ 123 00:07:23,931 --> 00:07:29,481 IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE AFTER 8:00, 8:10 MAYBE, 124 00:07:29,482 --> 00:07:31,722 WHEN THE FEMALE STUDENT ENTERS MY OFFICE. 125 00:07:35,482 --> 00:07:38,592 AND THEN SHE TELLS ME THAT SHE WENT TO MS. KANABROSKI'S ROOM 126 00:07:38,586 --> 00:07:40,926 TO GET HER SIGNATURE FOR A PERMISSION SLIP 127 00:07:40,931 --> 00:07:42,931 AND THAT MS. KANABROSKI INFORMED HER 128 00:07:42,931 --> 00:07:45,211 THAT HER CLASS WAS BEING HELD HOSTAGE. 129 00:07:48,551 --> 00:07:51,281 AND OF COURSE, I ASK HER TO REPEAT THAT 130 00:07:51,275 --> 00:07:54,275 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU HEAR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, 131 00:07:54,275 --> 00:07:55,655 YOU DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT THE FIRST TIME. 132 00:07:55,655 --> 00:07:57,475 MAYBE I MISHEARD WHAT SHE SAID. 133 00:07:57,482 --> 00:08:01,832 SHE SAID, "CLAY SHROUT IS HOLDING THE CLASS HOSTAGE." 134 00:08:01,827 --> 00:08:03,067 SHE ACTUALLY NAMED HIM. 135 00:08:05,482 --> 00:08:07,072 I DIDN'T BELIEVE MY EARS. 136 00:08:07,068 --> 00:08:08,478 WHY WOULD CLAY DO THIS? 137 00:08:08,482 --> 00:08:09,592 WHAT'S GOING ON? 138 00:08:12,172 --> 00:08:14,342 FIRST THING I DID WAS CALL THE FRONT OFFICE, 139 00:08:14,344 --> 00:08:16,034 TOLD THE SECRETARY TO CALL 9-1-1, 140 00:08:16,034 --> 00:08:17,694 WE'VE GOT A HOSTAGE SITUATION. 141 00:08:17,689 --> 00:08:19,379 RIGHT AWAY. 142 00:08:19,379 --> 00:08:20,589 AND THEN AT THAT POINT, 143 00:08:20,586 --> 00:08:23,446 IT WAS SNAPPING INTO WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. 144 00:08:23,448 --> 00:08:30,518 ♪♪ 145 00:08:30,517 --> 00:08:36,547 ON MAY 26, 1994, I HAD PREPARED MYSELF FOR WORK. 146 00:08:36,551 --> 00:08:39,171 MY WIFE HAD PREPARED A POT OF MACARONI AND CHEESE 147 00:08:39,172 --> 00:08:41,662 THAT I WAS GETTING READY TO TAKE TO MY CHURCH. 148 00:08:41,655 --> 00:08:48,095 ♪♪ 149 00:08:48,103 --> 00:08:51,003 I WAS SITTING AT THE RED LIGHT AT AN INTERSECTION 150 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,690 IN BOONE COUNTY WHEN I GOT THE CALL. 151 00:08:55,103 --> 00:08:57,453 THE DISPATCHER ANNOUNCED THAT THERE WAS A KID 152 00:08:57,448 --> 00:08:59,518 WITH A GUN AT RYLE HIGH SCHOOL. 153 00:08:59,517 --> 00:09:02,097 I'M ON MY WAY. 154 00:09:02,103 --> 00:09:04,973 I IMMEDIATELY TURNED RIGHT AND HEADED TOWARDS THE SCHOOL. 155 00:09:04,965 --> 00:09:06,965 [ SIREN BLARING ] 156 00:09:06,965 --> 00:09:08,235 A LOT OF THINGS GO THROUGH YOUR MIND 157 00:09:08,241 --> 00:09:09,831 WHEN YOU GET THAT KIND OF A CALL. 158 00:09:09,827 --> 00:09:11,067 IT'S NOT AN ORDINARY THING. 159 00:09:11,068 --> 00:09:12,308 AS A MATTER OF FACT, 160 00:09:12,310 --> 00:09:14,340 THAT'S THE ONLY TIME IN MY CAREER OF 37 YEARS 161 00:09:14,344 --> 00:09:17,864 THAT I HAVE EVER HEARD THOSE PARTICULAR WORDS USED 162 00:09:17,862 --> 00:09:19,242 IN BOONE COUNTY, KENTUCKY. 163 00:09:21,827 --> 00:09:23,307 I HAVE NO IDEA AT THAT POINT 164 00:09:23,310 --> 00:09:25,450 WHETHER WE HAVE ANY INJURIES, 165 00:09:25,448 --> 00:09:27,338 WHETHER THE SCHOOL'S AT HOSTAGE, 166 00:09:27,344 --> 00:09:29,074 WHETHER IT'S JUST SOMEBODY THAT CAME TO SCHOOL 167 00:09:29,068 --> 00:09:32,278 THAT DAY WITH A GUN AND THEY CALLED JUST TO REPORT IT. 168 00:09:35,379 --> 00:09:36,659 AT THAT TIME IN HISTORY, 169 00:09:36,655 --> 00:09:37,895 WE HADN'T HAD A LOT OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, 170 00:09:37,896 --> 00:09:39,516 SO THE LAST THING ON MY MIND 171 00:09:39,517 --> 00:09:43,687 WAS THAT THERE WERE GONNA BE KIDS SHOT. 172 00:09:43,689 --> 00:09:47,859 WHAT IS A KID DOING WITH A GUN AT SCHOOL? 173 00:09:47,862 --> 00:09:49,862 WHAT YOU DO IS YOU GET YOUR GAME FACE ON 174 00:09:49,862 --> 00:09:51,622 AND YOU START TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 175 00:09:51,620 --> 00:09:54,070 WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WHEN WE GET THERE. 176 00:09:54,068 --> 00:09:58,898 [ SIREN BLARING ] 177 00:10:00,517 --> 00:10:09,967 ♪♪ 178 00:10:09,965 --> 00:10:14,025 YOU GOT A BRIGHT-FACED, HAPPY KID. 179 00:10:14,034 --> 00:10:17,384 CLAY AND I WERE CLASSMATES FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 180 00:10:17,379 --> 00:10:20,309 HE WAS PRETTY SOFT SPOKEN AND RESERVED 181 00:10:20,310 --> 00:10:23,550 AND SOMEWHAT DARK HUMORED AT TIMES. 182 00:10:23,551 --> 00:10:25,341 CLAY COULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING HE WANTED TO. 183 00:10:25,344 --> 00:10:27,384 HE HAD THE APTITUDE AND THE ABILITY 184 00:10:27,379 --> 00:10:30,309 AND A SUPPORTING FAMILY THAT WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED HIM 185 00:10:30,310 --> 00:10:32,970 CHASING WHATEVER HE WANTED TO CHASE. 186 00:10:32,965 --> 00:10:35,305 ANYTHING HE WANTED TO DO WAS HIS TO DO. 187 00:10:40,103 --> 00:10:42,213 IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO ASSOCIATE 188 00:10:42,206 --> 00:10:45,926 THAT ANYONE IS CAPABLE OF WHAT HE DID. 189 00:10:48,827 --> 00:10:53,827 IT'S PART OF THE THING THAT MAKES IT EVEN TODAY SO SURREAL 190 00:10:53,827 --> 00:10:56,407 IS JUST THIS NORMAL KID, NORMAL FAMILY, 191 00:10:56,413 --> 00:10:59,243 AND SOMETHING JUST SNAPPED. 192 00:10:59,241 --> 00:11:08,761 ♪♪ 193 00:11:08,758 --> 00:11:18,278 ♪♪ 194 00:11:18,275 --> 00:11:21,515 THERE WERE SOME STUDENTS CRYING IN THE ROOM. 195 00:11:21,517 --> 00:11:25,547 THE OVERWHELMING REALITY OF, "I KNOW I'M IN TROUBLE." 196 00:11:25,551 --> 00:11:28,141 I KNOW THAT I'M OUT OF CONTROL. 197 00:11:28,137 --> 00:11:30,517 I KNOW THAT I WANT TO GET AWAY, 198 00:11:30,517 --> 00:11:32,857 AND YET I KNOW I CAN'T DO ANYTHING 199 00:11:32,862 --> 00:11:37,142 BECAUSE THERE'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING COMPELLING ENOUGH HERE 200 00:11:37,137 --> 00:11:40,137 "TO TELL ME THAT I CAN'T TAKE THAT RISK." 201 00:11:40,137 --> 00:11:47,137 ♪♪ 202 00:11:47,137 --> 00:11:54,137 ♪♪ 203 00:11:54,137 --> 00:11:55,407 IN THE MIDST OF THIS, 204 00:11:55,413 --> 00:11:58,663 A FEMALE CLASSMATE OF MINE ROSE FROM HER SEAT... 205 00:12:02,586 --> 00:12:05,406 AND APPROACHED THE DESK CALMLY, 206 00:12:05,413 --> 00:12:07,143 VERY COOLLY, VERY COLLECTED. 207 00:12:07,137 --> 00:12:10,097 NOT ANXIOUS, NOT ANTAGONIZING. 208 00:12:10,103 --> 00:12:11,973 AND SORT OF KNEELED DOWN 209 00:12:11,965 --> 00:12:13,965 AND HUNKERED OVER AT THE TEACHER'S DESK. 210 00:12:17,275 --> 00:12:20,515 I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS PURE ADRENALINE KICKING IN 211 00:12:20,517 --> 00:12:25,657 OR AN ACT OF EMPATHY OR PURELY OF COURAGE AND SELFLESSNESS 212 00:12:25,655 --> 00:12:27,515 BUT SHE SAID, "CLAY, WHAT'S WRONG? 213 00:12:27,517 --> 00:12:29,167 WHAT'S GOING ON?" 214 00:12:29,172 --> 00:12:31,412 I KNOW YOU'RE HAVING A BAD DAY, BUT... 215 00:12:31,413 --> 00:12:34,313 TRYING TO COMPREHEND, TRYING TO APPEAL TO HIM. 216 00:12:36,931 --> 00:12:40,031 I CAN REMEMBER OTHER STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM 217 00:12:40,034 --> 00:12:41,664 GAINING THEIR BEARINGS MOMENTARILY 218 00:12:41,655 --> 00:12:42,965 AND CALLING HER NAME. 219 00:12:42,965 --> 00:12:45,405 "WHAT ARE YOU DOING? SIT DOWN." 220 00:12:45,413 --> 00:12:48,283 I CAN REMEMBER MS. KANABROSKI VERY CALMLY 221 00:12:48,275 --> 00:12:50,895 SEIZING CONTROL OF THE SITUATION. 222 00:12:50,896 --> 00:12:53,826 I THINK YOU NEED TO GO SIT BACK DOWN. 223 00:12:53,827 --> 00:12:56,167 Gillum: DRAWING FOCUS TO HER. 224 00:12:56,172 --> 00:12:59,792 Teacher: THIS IS GOING TO BE ON YOUR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT, SO. 225 00:12:59,793 --> 00:13:02,173 Gillum: SHE BEGINS WORKING THROUGH THE PROBLEMS. 226 00:13:02,172 --> 00:13:04,382 THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN MATH CLASS 227 00:13:04,379 --> 00:13:05,929 AND I CAN REMEMBER THE CLASSMATE 228 00:13:05,931 --> 00:13:10,791 SITTING BACK DOWN AT HER SEAT AFTER THAT POINT 229 00:13:10,793 --> 00:13:14,173 AND NOT INTERACTING AGAIN. 230 00:13:14,172 --> 00:13:19,622 ♪♪ 231 00:13:19,620 --> 00:13:25,140 ♪♪ 232 00:13:25,137 --> 00:13:29,927 I WAS ONLY FOCUSING ON MY CLOSEST FRIEND IN THE ROOM, 233 00:13:29,931 --> 00:13:33,141 CHECKING ON HIM AS KIND OF A REALITY CHECK FOR MYSELF. 234 00:13:33,137 --> 00:13:34,547 "IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING? 235 00:13:34,551 --> 00:13:35,901 IS THIS REALLY GOING ON?" 236 00:13:35,896 --> 00:13:41,656 ♪♪ 237 00:13:41,655 --> 00:13:44,855 THE SENSE OF TIME WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS OCCURS 238 00:13:44,862 --> 00:13:48,622 IS VERY SURREAL. 239 00:13:48,620 --> 00:13:51,030 WHEN I RECOLLECT THIS EVENT, 240 00:13:51,034 --> 00:13:56,934 THIS ISN'T AN EVENT THAT TOOK 20 MINUTES OR 22 MINUTES. 241 00:13:56,931 --> 00:13:58,661 THIS FEELS LIKE HOURS. 242 00:13:58,655 --> 00:13:59,925 THIS FEELS LIKE SOMETHING 243 00:13:59,931 --> 00:14:03,071 THAT STRETCHED OUT OVER THE COURSE OF A DAY. 244 00:14:03,068 --> 00:14:08,718 ♪♪ 245 00:14:08,724 --> 00:14:14,414 ♪♪ 246 00:14:14,413 --> 00:14:16,523 Sorrell: AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE FEMALE STUDENT, 247 00:14:16,517 --> 00:14:17,757 I CALLED THE MAIN OFFICE 248 00:14:17,758 --> 00:14:20,658 TO HAVE THEM INITIATE OUR LOCKDOWN PROCEDURE. 249 00:14:20,655 --> 00:14:23,895 THEN I CALLED MS. KANABROSKI'S ROOM. 250 00:14:23,896 --> 00:14:30,996 [ TELEPHONE RINGING ] 251 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:40,860 [ TELEPHONE CONTINUES RINGING ] 252 00:14:40,862 --> 00:14:43,242 HELLO? 253 00:14:43,241 --> 00:14:46,831 I SAID, "MS. KANABROSKI, THIS IS MR. SORRELL. 254 00:14:46,827 --> 00:14:48,517 JUST ANSWER EVERYTHING I ASK YOU. 255 00:14:48,517 --> 00:14:50,517 ANSWER YES OR NO." 256 00:14:50,517 --> 00:14:51,787 OKAY. 257 00:14:51,793 --> 00:14:53,173 I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT YOU HAVE A STUDENT 258 00:14:53,172 --> 00:14:54,862 HOLDING A CLASS HOSTAGE. 259 00:14:54,862 --> 00:14:56,072 IS THAT TRUE? YES. 260 00:14:56,068 --> 00:14:58,758 I SAID, "THE STUDENT TELLS ME IT'S CLAY. 261 00:14:58,758 --> 00:14:59,858 IS IT CLAY?" 262 00:14:59,862 --> 00:15:01,242 YES, IT IS. 263 00:15:03,620 --> 00:15:06,310 OKAY. I SAID, "WE'VE ALREADY CONTACTED THE POLICE. 264 00:15:06,310 --> 00:15:07,830 I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'LL BE HERE. 265 00:15:07,827 --> 00:15:09,657 I'M GOING TO COME DOWN TO YOUR ROOM." 266 00:15:09,655 --> 00:15:11,205 THANK YOU. 267 00:15:14,793 --> 00:15:16,723 I HANG UP AND IMMEDIATELY STAND UP 268 00:15:16,724 --> 00:15:18,414 AND START MOVING DOWN THE HALLWAY. 269 00:15:21,275 --> 00:15:23,405 AND THAT'S WHEN I HEARD THE ANNOUNCEMENT. 270 00:15:23,413 --> 00:15:28,973 Woman: DR. TED WETEKAMP, PLEASE COME TO THE MAIN OFFICE. 271 00:15:28,965 --> 00:15:32,895 DR. TED WETEKAMP, PLEASE COME TO THE MAIN OFFICE. 272 00:15:32,896 --> 00:15:36,546 IN MY HEAD, I'M SAYING "YES, THAT'S ONE STEP DONE." 273 00:15:36,551 --> 00:15:38,621 NOW, I NEED TO MOVE ON. 274 00:15:38,620 --> 00:15:42,900 Woman: DR. TED WETEKAMP, PLEASE COME TO THE MAIN OFFICE. 275 00:15:42,896 --> 00:15:46,206 Sorrell: "DR. TED WETEKAMP, PLEASE COME TO THE MAIN OFFICE." 276 00:15:46,206 --> 00:15:47,896 AND THEN IT REPEATED, 277 00:15:47,896 --> 00:15:51,066 "DR. TED WETEKAMP, PLEASE COME TO THE MAIN OFFICE." 278 00:15:51,068 --> 00:15:52,788 THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE IN THE CLASSROOM 279 00:15:52,793 --> 00:15:55,173 THAT UNDERSTOOD WHAT THAT MEANT. 280 00:15:55,172 --> 00:16:00,032 IT WAS CLAY, MYSELF, AND MS. KANABROSKI. 281 00:16:00,034 --> 00:16:07,344 ♪♪ 282 00:16:07,344 --> 00:16:14,594 ♪♪ 283 00:16:14,586 --> 00:16:17,786 WE HAD RELATIVELY UNRESTRICTED ACCESS 284 00:16:17,793 --> 00:16:20,693 OF NAVIGATING THROUGH THE VARIOUS SCHOOL SYSTEMS. 285 00:16:20,689 --> 00:16:23,169 WHAT IS THAT? 286 00:16:23,172 --> 00:16:25,072 AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE UNCOVERED 287 00:16:25,068 --> 00:16:26,718 WAS A MESSAGE THAT SAYS IF THERE'S EVER 288 00:16:26,724 --> 00:16:28,344 A MAJOR SCHOOL EVENT 289 00:16:28,344 --> 00:16:31,314 THAT THEY'RE GONNA CALL THE SUPERINTENDENT TO THE OFFICE. 290 00:16:34,068 --> 00:16:38,448 Woman: DR. TED WETEKAMP, PLEASE COME TO THE MAIN OFFICE. 291 00:16:38,448 --> 00:16:40,338 Gillum: DR. WETEKAMP WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT. 292 00:16:40,344 --> 00:16:43,104 OF SCHOOLS AT THAT TIME. 293 00:16:43,103 --> 00:16:46,383 LIKE MYSELF, CLAY WAS AWARE OF WHAT THAT MEANT. 294 00:16:49,068 --> 00:16:53,688 AND IN THAT MOMENT, IT'S KIND OF A HEART SINK FEELING. 295 00:16:53,689 --> 00:16:57,619 HE KNEW HE HAD BEEN RATTED OUT. 296 00:16:57,620 --> 00:17:02,000 Woman: DR. TED WETEKAMP, PLEASE COME TO THE MAIN OFFICE. 297 00:17:05,206 --> 00:17:09,026 HE HAD NOTHING TO LOSE AT THAT POINT. 298 00:17:13,034 --> 00:17:23,034 ♪♪ 299 00:17:23,034 --> 00:17:24,904 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS PICTURE, 300 00:17:24,896 --> 00:17:27,826 YOU CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT WENT ON. 301 00:17:27,827 --> 00:17:31,167 THE MATH JUST DOESN'T ADD UP. 302 00:17:31,172 --> 00:17:36,002 YOU LOOK AT THIS AND YOU THINK, "WOW, THIS IS MIDDLE AMERICA. 303 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:37,480 THIS IS A GOOD FAMILY. 304 00:17:37,482 --> 00:17:39,792 WELL KEPT LAWN, WELL KEPT HOUSE. 305 00:17:39,793 --> 00:17:42,693 PROBABLY AN AFFLUENT FAMILY." 306 00:17:42,689 --> 00:17:45,479 AND THEN YOU GET INSIDE AND SEE THE DEVASTATION 307 00:17:45,482 --> 00:17:46,832 AND HORROR THAT TOOK PLACE. 308 00:17:46,827 --> 00:17:54,137 ♪♪ 309 00:17:54,137 --> 00:17:57,447 Sheriff: AT 8:46 THIS MORNING, BOONE COUNTY POLICE RECEIVED A CALL. 310 00:17:57,448 --> 00:18:00,238 OF A JUVENILE WAIVING A GUN IN A CLASSROOM. 311 00:18:00,241 --> 00:18:03,341 OTHER STUDENTS WERE PRESENT IN THAT CLASS. 312 00:18:07,172 --> 00:18:09,792 Sorrell: I WAS ASKED IN MY INTERVIEW FOR VICE PRINCIPAL. 313 00:18:09,793 --> 00:18:12,723 WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN A HOSTAGE SITUATION? 314 00:18:12,724 --> 00:18:15,904 AND I RESPONDED BACK, "I WOULD GO TO THAT ROOM" 315 00:18:15,896 --> 00:18:19,026 AND TRY TO TAKE CARE OF THAT WHICHEVER WAY I HAD TO. 316 00:18:19,034 --> 00:18:22,694 IF I NEEDED TO GO IN AND TAKE THEIR PLACE, I WOULD DO IT. 317 00:18:22,689 --> 00:18:25,239 I WOULD DO WHATEVER WAS NECESSARY 318 00:18:25,241 --> 00:18:28,341 "TO KEEP ANY VIOLENCE FROM OCCURRING." 319 00:18:30,379 --> 00:18:32,029 IT GOES BACK TO MY FAITH. 320 00:18:32,034 --> 00:18:34,414 THERE'S NO GREATER THING THAT YOU CAN DO 321 00:18:34,413 --> 00:18:36,553 BUT TO GIVE YOUR LIFE FOR ANOTHER. 322 00:18:36,551 --> 00:18:39,861 THAT'S WHAT I'VE LEARNED IN BEING A CHRISTIAN. 323 00:18:39,862 --> 00:18:44,342 FOR ME, IF I SACRIFICE MYSELF TO SAVE OTHERS, 324 00:18:44,344 --> 00:18:46,594 THEN THAT'S A GOOD THING. 325 00:18:46,586 --> 00:18:48,756 YES, MY WIFE WOULD NOT BE HAPPY. 326 00:18:48,758 --> 00:18:50,238 SHE WOULD BE VERY SAD. 327 00:18:50,241 --> 00:18:52,311 BUT AT THE SAME POINT, SHE WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT 328 00:18:52,310 --> 00:18:54,830 BECAUSE SHE LIVES BY THE SAME FAITH I LIVE BY. 329 00:18:54,827 --> 00:19:00,097 ♪♪ 330 00:19:00,103 --> 00:19:05,453 ♪♪ 331 00:19:05,448 --> 00:19:08,928 I FOCUS ON WHAT I NEEDED TO DO. 332 00:19:08,931 --> 00:19:10,761 I LEFT MY OFFICE. 333 00:19:10,758 --> 00:19:12,308 I DIDN'T WANT TO RUN 334 00:19:12,310 --> 00:19:14,720 BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO UPSET ANYBODY ELSE IN THE BUILDING, 335 00:19:14,724 --> 00:19:16,004 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, 336 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,000 I WANTED TO GET THERE AS FAST AS I COULD. 337 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:22,210 I JUST WAS HOPING I DIDN'T HEAR GUNSHOTS BEFORE I GOT THERE. 338 00:19:22,206 --> 00:19:28,136 ♪♪ 339 00:19:28,137 --> 00:19:34,097 ♪♪ 340 00:19:34,103 --> 00:19:37,763 I CAN SEE WHERE HE'S SITTING AT THE TEACHER'S DESK 341 00:19:37,758 --> 00:19:40,548 AND I'M THINKING ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO ME, 342 00:19:40,551 --> 00:19:43,591 HOW I MAY NOT WALK OUT OF THAT ROOM. 343 00:19:43,586 --> 00:19:49,446 THE THOUGHT WAS, "MY FAMILY IS EVERYTHING. 344 00:19:49,448 --> 00:19:51,378 I DON'T DO THIS TO HURT YOU. 345 00:19:51,379 --> 00:19:54,339 I HOPE YOU CAN BE PROUD OF ME LATER. 346 00:19:54,344 --> 00:19:55,454 I LOVE YOU." 347 00:19:59,793 --> 00:20:01,973 HERE'S MY THOUGHT... 348 00:20:01,965 --> 00:20:04,095 I'M COMING IN, I'M GOING TOWARDS HIM, 349 00:20:04,103 --> 00:20:05,693 AND IF HE STANDS UP AND GETS READY TO SHOOT ME, 350 00:20:05,689 --> 00:20:08,479 I'M GONNA GRAB HIM AND PULL IT IN MY STOMACH 351 00:20:08,482 --> 00:20:10,722 AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL STOP IT. 352 00:20:10,724 --> 00:20:12,174 AND IF HE SHOOTS ME, 353 00:20:12,172 --> 00:20:13,862 I'M GONNA COLLAPSE RIGHT ON TOP OF HIM 354 00:20:13,862 --> 00:20:15,452 AND I'M BIGGER THAN HE IS. 355 00:20:15,448 --> 00:20:16,788 HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. 356 00:20:16,793 --> 00:20:19,103 SO I EXPECTED HIM TO SHOOT ME. 357 00:20:19,103 --> 00:20:21,453 I HONESTLY BELIEVED HE WOULD SHOOT ME. 358 00:20:21,448 --> 00:20:26,928 ♪♪ 359 00:20:26,931 --> 00:20:32,381 ♪♪ 360 00:20:32,379 --> 00:20:34,859 Gillum: MR. SORRELL ENTERED THE ROOM. 361 00:20:34,862 --> 00:20:38,212 AND INSERTED HIMSELF BETWEEN CLAY AND THE DOOR 362 00:20:38,206 --> 00:20:40,966 AND MADE SURE THAT HE WAS SHIELDING 363 00:20:40,965 --> 00:20:43,305 AS MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS AS HE COULD. 364 00:20:43,310 --> 00:20:46,030 ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY OUT NOW! 365 00:20:49,344 --> 00:20:51,314 I START WAIVING THE KIDS OUT. 366 00:20:51,310 --> 00:20:54,410 I SAID, "THEY'RE LEAVING." 367 00:20:54,413 --> 00:20:56,623 THEY ACTUALLY WERE TRYING TO TELL ME 368 00:20:56,620 --> 00:20:58,790 TO STAY OUT OF THE ROOM TO PROTECT ME 369 00:20:58,793 --> 00:21:01,933 BUT WHEN I SAID OUT, MS. KANABROSKI GOT THEM OUT. 370 00:21:01,931 --> 00:21:10,931 ♪♪ 371 00:21:10,931 --> 00:21:15,381 WE EXITED THAT ROOM AS QUICKLY AS OUR FEET WOULD ALLOW US, 372 00:21:15,379 --> 00:21:18,689 YOU KNOW, UNDER GREAT DURESS WITH ADRENALINE KICKING IN, 373 00:21:18,689 --> 00:21:20,279 WITH PANIC SETTLING IN. 374 00:21:20,275 --> 00:21:25,655 ♪♪ 375 00:21:25,655 --> 00:21:26,925 ONCE IT KIND OF HIT 376 00:21:26,931 --> 00:21:29,621 THAT YOU'RE OUT OF THIS STRESSFUL SITUATION, 377 00:21:29,620 --> 00:21:32,620 THERE'S JUST A MASSIVE RELEASE AT THAT POINT. 378 00:21:35,862 --> 00:21:38,072 IT'S KIND OF YOUR LAST MEMORY WALKING AWAY FROM THAT 379 00:21:38,068 --> 00:21:39,788 IS THAT MR. SORRELL'S IN THERE. 380 00:21:39,793 --> 00:21:41,723 IS SOMETHING GOING TO HAPPEN TO HIM? 381 00:21:41,724 --> 00:21:44,624 WHAT'S GOING TO COME OF THIS SITUATION? 382 00:21:44,620 --> 00:21:51,310 ♪♪ 383 00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:54,660 Sorrell: IT WAS JUST CLAY AND I AT THAT POINT. 384 00:21:54,655 --> 00:21:57,095 I WAS STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO THE TEACHER'S DESK 385 00:21:57,103 --> 00:21:58,413 AND WHAT I DID, 386 00:21:58,413 --> 00:22:00,073 I LOOKED AT HIM AND I ASKED HIM THE QUESTION 387 00:22:00,068 --> 00:22:01,478 "WHAT'S GOING ON?" 388 00:22:01,482 --> 00:22:03,972 I JUST WANT TO TALK. 389 00:22:03,965 --> 00:22:06,235 Sorrell: HE TOLD ME HE'D HAD A BAD DAY. 390 00:22:06,241 --> 00:22:09,001 AND I SAID, "OKAY, SO YOU HAVE A GUN. 391 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,450 WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO?" 392 00:22:11,448 --> 00:22:14,688 AND HE WAS SITTING THERE KIND OF PLAYING WITH THE GUN. 393 00:22:14,689 --> 00:22:17,899 AND I SAID, "YOU REALIZE IT'S JUST YOU AND I NOW. 394 00:22:17,896 --> 00:22:19,406 YOU REALIZE THIS, RIGHT? 395 00:22:19,413 --> 00:22:20,763 YOU KNOW I'VE CALLED THE POLICE ALREADY, DON'T YOU?" 396 00:22:20,758 --> 00:22:22,168 YES. 397 00:22:22,172 --> 00:22:24,312 I SAYS, "NOW, IF I'VE CALLED THE POLICE, 398 00:22:24,310 --> 00:22:25,790 YOU KNOW THEY'RE COMING. 399 00:22:25,793 --> 00:22:27,763 THERE ARE ONLY A FEW THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN HERE. 400 00:22:27,758 --> 00:22:29,788 LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN BE." 401 00:22:29,793 --> 00:22:32,313 LET'S THINK ABOUT THIS, CLAY. 402 00:22:32,310 --> 00:22:34,690 WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? 403 00:22:34,689 --> 00:22:36,719 Sorrell: YOU CAN GIVE ME THE GUN, WE CAN WALK OUT OF HERE. 404 00:22:36,724 --> 00:22:39,904 YOU CAN SHOOT ME AND THEN WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN 405 00:22:39,896 --> 00:22:41,966 IS THE POLICE WILL PROBABLY SHOOT YOU. 406 00:22:41,965 --> 00:22:45,205 YOU CAN NOT SHOOT ME BUT STILL HAVE THE GUN IN YOUR HAND 407 00:22:45,206 --> 00:22:47,586 AND THE POLICE MAY SHOOT YOU STILL. 408 00:22:47,586 --> 00:22:49,546 I SAID, "THERE'S NO WAY YOU'RE GONNA GET OUT OF HERE 409 00:22:49,551 --> 00:22:51,591 AND GET OUT OF THIS BUILDING, 410 00:22:51,586 --> 00:22:53,856 BUT IT'S YOUR CHOICE. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?" 411 00:22:57,551 --> 00:23:00,381 AND HE HESITATED, AND WHILE HE HESITATED, 412 00:23:00,379 --> 00:23:02,139 I IMMEDIATELY REACHED DOWN INTO HIS LAP 413 00:23:02,137 --> 00:23:04,207 AND PUT MY HAND ON THE GUN. 414 00:23:04,206 --> 00:23:05,896 AS I GRABBED IT AND STARTED PULLING AWAY, 415 00:23:05,896 --> 00:23:07,616 HE DID RELEASE THE GUN IN MY HAND. 416 00:23:07,620 --> 00:23:17,620 ♪♪ 417 00:23:17,620 --> 00:23:20,900 THAT WAS SUCH A GREAT RELIEF. 418 00:23:20,896 --> 00:23:22,926 I AM IN CONTROL. 419 00:23:22,931 --> 00:23:24,551 SOMETHING'S HAPPENING POSITIVE HERE. 420 00:23:24,551 --> 00:23:27,031 WE'RE GONNA MAYBE HAVE A POSITIVE OUTCOME. 421 00:23:30,862 --> 00:23:32,142 WHEN I TURNED AROUND, 422 00:23:32,137 --> 00:23:35,687 A POLICE OFFICER WAS STANDING AT THE DOOR. 423 00:23:35,689 --> 00:23:39,619 THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT THIS WAS NOT ME. 424 00:23:39,620 --> 00:23:41,900 I HAD A PROTECTOR. 425 00:23:41,896 --> 00:23:43,406 I HAD THE LORD WITH ME. 426 00:23:43,413 --> 00:23:45,243 I THINK BECAUSE I HAD PRAYED 427 00:23:45,241 --> 00:23:47,861 AND I HAD READ MY BIBLE THAT MORNING, 428 00:23:47,862 --> 00:23:50,762 HE WAS VERY PRESENT, VERY READY, 429 00:23:50,758 --> 00:23:57,238 AND IT'S ALMOST A SENSE OF PEACE. 430 00:23:57,241 --> 00:23:59,171 PEACE SURPASSES UNDERSTANDING. 431 00:23:59,172 --> 00:24:09,242 ♪♪ 432 00:24:09,241 --> 00:24:11,381 Martin: MOST OFFICERS TRAIN THEIR WHOLE LIFE. 433 00:24:11,379 --> 00:24:12,759 FOR THIS KIND OF EVENT, 434 00:24:12,758 --> 00:24:15,408 AND THE HOPE IS THAT YOU NEVER HAVE TO USE IT. 435 00:24:15,413 --> 00:24:20,723 ♪♪ 436 00:24:20,724 --> 00:24:22,244 AS I ARRIVE IN THE SCHOOL, 437 00:24:22,241 --> 00:24:24,861 I FIND THAT MR. SORRELL HAD ALREADY DISARMED CLAY SHROUT. 438 00:24:24,862 --> 00:24:26,482 SO WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? 439 00:24:26,482 --> 00:24:27,722 GOT HIM IN CUSTODY RIGHT NOW. 440 00:24:27,724 --> 00:24:29,284 WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO QUESTION HIM? 441 00:24:29,275 --> 00:24:30,615 YEAH, LET'S GO DO THAT. 442 00:24:30,620 --> 00:24:32,590 OKAY, RIGHT THIS WAY. 443 00:24:32,586 --> 00:24:35,716 AND THIS WAS JUST ONLY MINUTES AFTER THE CALL CAME OUT. 444 00:24:35,724 --> 00:24:38,174 YOU KNOW, MR. SORRELL DID A FANTASTIC JOB 445 00:24:38,172 --> 00:24:39,862 OF DISARMING THAT SITUATION. 446 00:24:39,862 --> 00:24:45,212 ♪♪ 447 00:24:45,206 --> 00:24:50,546 ♪♪ 448 00:24:50,551 --> 00:24:52,791 CLAY WAS SITTING AT THE DESK 449 00:24:52,793 --> 00:24:56,283 AND THE FIRST THING I SAID TO HIM, "WHAT'S GOING ON?" 450 00:24:56,275 --> 00:24:59,615 SO WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED? 451 00:24:59,620 --> 00:25:03,620 AND HIS RESPONSE WAS "I'VE HAD A BAD DAY TODAY." 452 00:25:03,620 --> 00:25:05,340 I SAID, "OH REALLY?" 453 00:25:05,344 --> 00:25:07,724 HE SAID, "I'VE KILLED MY WHOLE FAMILY." 454 00:25:07,724 --> 00:25:09,974 THEY'RE DEAD, ALL OF THEM. 455 00:25:12,172 --> 00:25:15,282 MY IMMEDIATE RESPONSE WAS DISBELIEF. 456 00:25:15,275 --> 00:25:16,785 IS IT POSSIBLE THAT HE'S ACTUALLY KILLED 457 00:25:16,793 --> 00:25:18,723 HIS WHOLE FAMILY? 458 00:25:18,724 --> 00:25:20,314 THEY'RE ALL DEAD? 459 00:25:20,310 --> 00:25:22,380 YES. 460 00:25:22,379 --> 00:25:23,999 IT WAS ALMOST A MATTER OF FACT 461 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:25,550 "I HAVE KILLED MY WHOLE FAMILY." 462 00:25:31,172 --> 00:25:39,932 ♪♪ 463 00:25:39,931 --> 00:25:43,971 CLAY SHROUT WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL KID GROWING UP. 464 00:25:43,965 --> 00:25:46,205 HE HAD A 161 I.Q. 465 00:25:46,206 --> 00:25:48,376 HE HAD NATIONAL MATH HONORS. 466 00:25:48,379 --> 00:25:51,589 HE WAS A GOOD STUDENT UP TO THIS POINT. 467 00:25:51,586 --> 00:25:55,786 THE FATHER WAS AN ELDER AT THE FLORENCE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 468 00:25:55,793 --> 00:25:57,763 HE WAS A CEO OF A PAPER COMPANY. 469 00:25:57,758 --> 00:26:01,828 HE WAS WEALTHY, VERY CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY. 470 00:26:01,827 --> 00:26:04,927 THE GIRLS WERE HEAVY INTO EQUESTRIAN THINGS. 471 00:26:04,931 --> 00:26:07,931 THEY LIKED HORSES AND HORSE SHOWS. 472 00:26:07,931 --> 00:26:10,761 IT WAS A VERY GOOD AMERICAN FAMILY. 473 00:26:14,344 --> 00:26:18,104 WE SEE HIM WITH A BAG FULL OF AMMO AND A FIREARM. 474 00:26:18,103 --> 00:26:19,693 IS IT POSSIBLE THAT HE'S ACTUALLY KILLED 475 00:26:19,689 --> 00:26:21,169 HIS WHOLE FAMILY? 476 00:26:21,172 --> 00:26:27,932 ♪♪ 477 00:26:27,931 --> 00:26:34,761 ♪♪ 478 00:26:34,758 --> 00:26:39,408 AS I WALK THROUGH THE DOOR OF THE SHROUT RESIDENCE, 479 00:26:39,413 --> 00:26:41,103 THE FIRST THING THAT IMPRESSES YOU 480 00:26:41,103 --> 00:26:44,413 IS THE HOUSE IS JUST PRISTINE. 481 00:26:45,758 --> 00:26:48,968 EXTREMELY CLEAN, VERY NICE FURNITURE, 482 00:26:48,965 --> 00:26:51,685 PICTURES OF THE KIDS ON THE WALLS. 483 00:26:51,689 --> 00:26:53,339 AND WHEN I SAW THEM, 484 00:26:53,344 --> 00:26:56,104 I REALIZED THAT MY DAUGHTER HAD ACTUALLY PLAYED WITH THEM. 485 00:26:56,103 --> 00:27:04,243 ♪♪ 486 00:27:04,241 --> 00:27:10,101 AND THEN YOU GO UP THE STEPS INTO THE MASTER BEDROOM, 487 00:27:10,103 --> 00:27:15,103 AND EVERYTHING THAT CLAY HAD TOLD US BECAME TRUE. 488 00:27:15,103 --> 00:27:18,793 IT WAS NOW NOT SOME JUST KID JUST PLAYING AROUND. 489 00:27:18,793 --> 00:27:20,173 THIS WAS A MURDER SCENE. 490 00:27:20,172 --> 00:27:28,552 ♪♪ 491 00:27:28,551 --> 00:27:31,791 WE FIND MRS. SHROUT LAYING IN THE BED, 492 00:27:31,793 --> 00:27:33,453 SHOT BETWEEN THE EYES. 493 00:27:33,448 --> 00:27:35,968 MR. SHROUT IS LAYING ON THE FLOOR. 494 00:27:35,965 --> 00:27:37,615 HIS SIDE OF THE BED'S PRETTY DISHEVELED. 495 00:27:37,620 --> 00:27:40,000 IT'S OBVIOUSLY THAT HE HAD BEEN SHOT THERE 496 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,410 AND THEN FALLEN AND BEEN SHOT A COUPLE MORE TIMES. 497 00:27:44,896 --> 00:27:46,066 IT'S HORRIFIC. 498 00:27:46,068 --> 00:27:47,718 IT'S DEVASTATING. 499 00:27:47,724 --> 00:27:50,284 IT'S SOMETHING THAT MOST PEOPLE 500 00:27:50,275 --> 00:27:51,895 WILL NEVER SEE IN THEIR LIFETIME. 501 00:27:51,896 --> 00:28:00,406 ♪♪ 502 00:28:00,413 --> 00:28:02,763 I THEN WENT DOWN THE HALLWAY, 503 00:28:02,758 --> 00:28:04,658 LOOKED AT THE OLDEST SISTER'S ROOM 504 00:28:04,655 --> 00:28:08,335 AND FOUND HER IN HER BED WHERE SHE HAD BEEN SHOT. 505 00:28:11,206 --> 00:28:14,446 SHE HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE UPPER CHEST. 506 00:28:16,034 --> 00:28:19,484 IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT SHE DIED RIGHT AWAY RIGHT IN HER BED. 507 00:28:19,482 --> 00:28:22,002 AND THEN WENT INTO THE MIDDLE BEDROOM 508 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,210 WHERE THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER WAS, 509 00:28:24,206 --> 00:28:26,446 AND SHE HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE TOP OF THE HEAD 510 00:28:26,448 --> 00:28:27,448 AND DIED IN HER BED. 511 00:28:31,448 --> 00:28:33,968 I MEAN, YOU CAN IMAGINE THE HORRIFIC SCENE 512 00:28:33,965 --> 00:28:36,475 OF FOUR BODIES, ESPECIALLY THE GIRLS. 513 00:28:36,482 --> 00:28:37,762 AND THOSE ARE THE ONES 514 00:28:37,758 --> 00:28:39,308 THAT WHEN YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AT NIGHT, 515 00:28:39,310 --> 00:28:41,620 YOU STILL SEE THE GIRLS. 516 00:28:44,620 --> 00:28:48,760 A CASE LIKE THIS IS JUST SUCH A HUGE DEVASTATION 517 00:28:48,758 --> 00:28:49,998 WHERE A WHOLE FAMILY 518 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,380 IS WIPED OUT FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH. 519 00:28:53,379 --> 00:29:00,099 ♪♪ 520 00:29:00,103 --> 00:29:06,903 ♪♪ 521 00:30:15,034 --> 00:30:17,694 Martin: THIS KID HAD JUST KILLED HIS WHOLE FAMILY, 522 00:30:17,689 --> 00:30:20,409 BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM TO AFFECT HIM EMOTIONALLY. 523 00:30:20,413 --> 00:30:23,453 HE DIDN'T WHIMPER, HE DIDN'T CRY. 524 00:30:23,448 --> 00:30:25,998 HE JUST TOLD US, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED. 525 00:30:29,103 --> 00:30:31,143 I BELIEVE THE KIND OF PERSON THAT DOES THIS 526 00:30:31,137 --> 00:30:33,477 IS A ANTI-SOCIAL PERSONALITY, 527 00:30:33,482 --> 00:30:37,522 IS A PSYCHOPATH, AND IS EVIL. 528 00:30:37,517 --> 00:30:43,687 ♪♪ 529 00:30:43,689 --> 00:30:45,899 CLAY TOLD US THAT HE HAD COLLECTED THINGS 530 00:30:45,896 --> 00:30:48,236 LIKE DEATH STARS, THE NUNCHUCKS, 531 00:30:48,241 --> 00:30:50,341 THOSE KIND OF ITEMS. 532 00:30:50,344 --> 00:30:51,384 WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 533 00:30:51,379 --> 00:30:52,899 TAKIN' THIS AWAY FROM YOU. 534 00:30:52,896 --> 00:30:56,376 AND HIS FATHER BASICALLY TOOK ALL THOSE THINGS 535 00:30:56,379 --> 00:30:59,209 AWAY FROM HIM IN ORDER TO DISCIPLINE HIM. 536 00:30:59,206 --> 00:31:00,786 CLAY TOOK EXCEPTION TO THAT. 537 00:31:00,793 --> 00:31:01,903 IT'S MY STUFF! 538 00:31:01,896 --> 00:31:02,856 - IT DOESN'T... - I DON'T TAKE YOUR STUFF! 539 00:31:02,862 --> 00:31:05,242 JUST WATCH ME. 540 00:31:05,241 --> 00:31:07,901 AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHY HE KILLED HIS MOM AND DAD. 541 00:31:10,172 --> 00:31:13,342 HOW CAN ANYONE KILL THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY 542 00:31:13,344 --> 00:31:15,524 OVER A PAIR OF NUNCHUCKS? 543 00:31:18,034 --> 00:31:20,664 AND I SAID, "WELL, WHY DID YOU KILL YOUR SISTERS?" 544 00:31:20,655 --> 00:31:21,655 HE SAID, "WELL, I DIDN'T WANT THEM 545 00:31:21,655 --> 00:31:23,895 GROWING UP WITHOUT PARENTS." 546 00:31:23,896 --> 00:31:25,376 [ CHUCKLES ] 547 00:31:25,379 --> 00:31:27,309 CRAZY LOGIC. 548 00:31:27,310 --> 00:31:33,930 ♪♪ 549 00:31:33,931 --> 00:31:40,591 ♪♪ 550 00:31:40,586 --> 00:31:42,926 WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ASSEMBLY WITH OUR STUDENTS 551 00:31:42,931 --> 00:31:44,451 BEFORE WE LEAVE FOR THE DAY. 552 00:31:44,448 --> 00:31:47,098 THEY NEEDED TO BE TOLD WHAT WAS GOING ON. 553 00:31:49,758 --> 00:31:51,548 OF COURSE, IT WAS A BUZZ. 554 00:31:51,551 --> 00:31:52,591 THEY KNEW SOMETHING. 555 00:31:54,137 --> 00:31:57,097 THE HEAD PRINCIPAL GOT UP ON STAGE. 556 00:31:57,103 --> 00:31:58,903 CAN I HAVE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION, PLEASE? 557 00:31:58,896 --> 00:32:02,446 Sorrell: HE SAID, "WE HAD AN INCIDENT HERE TODAY." 558 00:32:02,448 --> 00:32:05,448 WE HAD A STUDENT THAT HELD A CLASS HOSTAGE. 559 00:32:05,448 --> 00:32:08,718 EVERYBODY IN THAT CLASS IS FINE. HE'S BEEN ARRESTED. 560 00:32:08,724 --> 00:32:13,554 UNFORTUNATELY, HIS FAMILY HAS BEEN KILLED BY HIM. 561 00:32:16,482 --> 00:32:19,452 "AND I WANT YOU TO MOURN FOR THEM." 562 00:32:19,448 --> 00:32:24,308 BY NOW WE ALREADY HAVE THE TEARS AND THE GASP OF DESPAIR. 563 00:32:26,517 --> 00:32:28,407 "BUT YOU NEED TO TELL YOUR PARENTS, 564 00:32:28,413 --> 00:32:30,073 YOU NEED TO TALK WITH THEM, 565 00:32:30,068 --> 00:32:32,278 YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT YOUR PARENTS LOVE YOU, 566 00:32:32,275 --> 00:32:34,445 YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT WE LOVE YOU, 567 00:32:34,448 --> 00:32:36,658 "YOU NEED TO KNOW WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU." 568 00:32:36,655 --> 00:32:39,275 AND THAT'S THE KIND OF MESSAGE WE GOT OUT... 569 00:32:39,275 --> 00:32:42,585 "YOU ARE CARED ABOUT HERE, YOU'RE CARED ABOUT AT HOME, 570 00:32:42,586 --> 00:32:45,826 YOU NEED TO OPEN UP AND TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT YOU TRUST." 571 00:32:45,827 --> 00:32:50,857 ♪♪ 572 00:32:50,862 --> 00:32:53,282 Gillum: THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE WERE HEARING. 573 00:32:53,275 --> 00:32:56,165 WHAT HAD ACTUALLY HAPPENED. 574 00:32:56,172 --> 00:32:57,792 I CAN REMEMBER COMFORTING ONE ANOTHER 575 00:32:57,793 --> 00:33:00,483 AND TRYING TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE REALITY OF IT 576 00:33:00,482 --> 00:33:01,902 AND TRYING TO COPE WITH ALL OF THIS 577 00:33:01,896 --> 00:33:04,306 AND RATIONALIZE THIS ENTIRE THING 578 00:33:04,310 --> 00:33:07,170 THAT THERE'S JUST NO WAY TO DEFINE. 579 00:33:07,172 --> 00:33:11,452 THERE IS NO RATIONALE TO ANYONE DOING WHAT HE DID. 580 00:33:11,448 --> 00:33:19,858 ♪♪ 581 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:16,340 IT'S SOMEWHAT HAUNTING TO HEAR HIS VOICE RECOUNTING THAT, 582 00:34:16,344 --> 00:34:20,104 AS IT WAS 25 YEARS AGO. 583 00:34:20,103 --> 00:34:22,343 THE INFLICTION OF HIS VOICE, 584 00:34:22,344 --> 00:34:25,724 THE ABSOLUTION OF, "YEAH, I DID THIS." 585 00:34:25,724 --> 00:34:29,214 VERY NONCHALANTLY, "YES, I SHOT HIM, I SHOT HIM IN THE HEAD", 586 00:34:29,206 --> 00:34:32,996 "I WENT BACK, I SHOT HIM AGAIN," ALMOST DEFIANTLY. 587 00:34:35,620 --> 00:34:38,170 THIS IS ISN'T THE YOUNG MAN THAT WE GREW UP WITH 588 00:34:38,172 --> 00:34:41,762 AND CALLED A CLASSMATE. 589 00:34:41,758 --> 00:34:44,788 WHO'S CAPABLE OF THAT, YOU KNOW. 590 00:34:44,793 --> 00:34:47,663 THAT'S HARD. 591 00:34:47,655 --> 00:34:49,585 THAT'S HARD. 592 00:34:51,689 --> 00:34:52,899 I'M GLAD TO HAVE HEARD IT, 593 00:34:52,896 --> 00:34:55,476 BUT I COULD DO WITHOUT HEARING IT AGAIN. 594 00:34:59,551 --> 00:35:07,281 ♪♪ 595 00:35:07,275 --> 00:35:10,515 WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT CLAY BEFORE THIS INCIDENT, 596 00:35:10,517 --> 00:35:14,517 CLAY WAS A GOOD STUDENT, 597 00:35:14,517 --> 00:35:16,897 WITHDRAWN, YES, HE NEEDED TO OPEN UP, 598 00:35:16,896 --> 00:35:18,616 BUT HE DID HAVE FRIENDS. 599 00:35:18,620 --> 00:35:22,450 BUT HE WAS GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL, 600 00:35:22,448 --> 00:35:26,068 HE WAS GONNA DO SOMETHING THAT HE COULD BE PROUD OF 601 00:35:26,068 --> 00:35:28,518 AND HE DID THIS. 602 00:35:28,517 --> 00:35:32,897 IT CHANGED THE WAY I THOUGHT ABOUT HIM. 603 00:35:32,896 --> 00:35:37,826 WE TEACH TO MAKE PEOPLE SUCCEED, AND HE'S OUR FAILURE. 604 00:35:37,827 --> 00:35:41,617 AND YEAH, IT BOTHERS US THAT WE HAVE A FAILURE THAT BIG. 605 00:35:41,620 --> 00:35:48,450 ♪♪ 606 00:35:48,448 --> 00:35:50,378 Reporter: CLAY SHROUT IS DESCRIBED AS BRILLIANT, 607 00:35:50,379 --> 00:35:53,409 YET TROUBLED, ALWAYS CLASHING WITH HIS FATHER, 608 00:35:53,413 --> 00:35:55,863 43-YEAR-OLD WALTER SHROUT. 609 00:35:55,862 --> 00:35:57,002 HE WAS GETTIN' REALLY STRESSED OUT 610 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:58,170 AND THEY WERE GETTIN' ON HIS NERVES. 611 00:35:58,172 --> 00:36:00,212 THEY WOULDN'T LET HIM GO CERTAIN PLACES, 612 00:36:00,206 --> 00:36:01,786 THEY TOOK HIS TRUCK AWAY, 613 00:36:01,793 --> 00:36:04,623 AND THEY JUST WOULDN'T LET HIM GO ANYWHERE OR DO ANYTHING. 614 00:36:04,620 --> 00:36:08,280 HE WAS BORED, HE JUST... HE WANTED TO GET OUT. 615 00:36:10,551 --> 00:36:12,861 HOW CAN SOMEBODY DO THAT TO SOMEBODY ELSE? 616 00:36:12,862 --> 00:36:15,662 ESPECIALLY SOMEBODY YOU THINK THEY LOVE? 617 00:36:15,655 --> 00:36:17,165 YOUR FAMILY. 618 00:36:17,172 --> 00:36:19,552 AND CERTAINLY THE TWO YOUNG GIRLS DIDN'T DESERVE IT. 619 00:36:21,413 --> 00:36:23,173 THAT'S NOT SAYING THAT THE PARENTS DID, 620 00:36:23,172 --> 00:36:25,412 BUT I'M SAYING, YOU KNOW, THE YOUNG GIRLS 621 00:36:25,413 --> 00:36:27,033 DEFINITELY INNOCENT YOUNG THINGS, 622 00:36:27,034 --> 00:36:29,834 THEY DIDN'T DESERVE THAT AT ALL. 623 00:36:29,827 --> 00:36:31,787 NEITHER DID THE FAMILY. 624 00:36:31,793 --> 00:36:34,103 WHY, WHY? 625 00:36:34,103 --> 00:36:40,173 ♪♪ 626 00:36:40,172 --> 00:36:50,072 ♪♪ 627 00:36:50,068 --> 00:36:53,338 Martin: THE FUNERAL WAS A DEVASTATING SIGHT. 628 00:36:53,344 --> 00:36:54,554 YOU SEE CASKETS, 629 00:36:54,551 --> 00:36:57,211 BUT YOU SEE TWO SMALLER CASKETS NEXT TO 'EM. 630 00:37:00,448 --> 00:37:02,338 IT'S JUST HEART WRENCHING. 631 00:37:04,275 --> 00:37:06,305 THIS FAMILY WAS A POPULAR FAMILY. 632 00:37:06,310 --> 00:37:09,590 THEY WERE WELL KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY. 633 00:37:09,586 --> 00:37:11,376 THERE WAS A LOT OF GRIEF, 634 00:37:11,379 --> 00:37:13,139 THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE DEVASTATED. 635 00:37:17,172 --> 00:37:20,142 THE COMMUNITY AROUND RYLE HIGH SCHOOL 636 00:37:20,137 --> 00:37:23,517 AND REALLY THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF BOONE COUNTY, 637 00:37:23,517 --> 00:37:27,377 VERY, VERY MUCH CAME TOGETHER IN RESPONSE TO THIS. 638 00:37:27,379 --> 00:37:34,589 ♪♪ 639 00:37:34,586 --> 00:37:37,376 THESE GIRLS WERE THE SAME AGE AS MY DAUGHTER AT THE TIME 640 00:37:37,379 --> 00:37:38,899 AND THAT REALLY HIT HOME. 641 00:37:38,896 --> 00:37:44,996 ♪♪ 642 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,790 AFTER GOING THROUGH WHAT WE HAD ALL JUST GONE THROUGH, 643 00:37:47,793 --> 00:37:50,243 IT WAS JUST A RELIEF TO SEE MY WIFE'S FACE 644 00:37:50,241 --> 00:37:52,071 AND MY DAUGHTER'S FACE WHEN I CAME IN... 645 00:37:52,068 --> 00:37:53,548 DAD! 646 00:37:53,551 --> 00:37:55,971 FIRST THING I WANTED TO DO IS HUG MY DAUGHTER. 647 00:37:58,758 --> 00:38:03,168 I THINK I GRABBED HER... [ CHUCKLES ] 648 00:38:03,172 --> 00:38:05,762 GRABBED HER UP AND JUST HUGGED HER. 649 00:38:05,758 --> 00:38:07,208 DIDN'T LET HER GO FOR A WHILE. 650 00:38:07,206 --> 00:38:12,546 ♪♪ 651 00:38:12,551 --> 00:38:15,931 I MEAN, IT WAS JUST THE REALIZATION 652 00:38:15,931 --> 00:38:17,481 AND WHAT WE HAD JUST WITNESSED 653 00:38:17,482 --> 00:38:20,552 AND WHAT WE HAD JUST GONE THROUGH FINALLY HIT HOME, 654 00:38:20,551 --> 00:38:23,381 AND HOME WAS A GOOD PLACE TO BE. 655 00:38:26,793 --> 00:38:28,283 AS A POLICEMAN, YOU GET TO THE POINT 656 00:38:28,275 --> 00:38:31,755 WHERE YOU'VE HANDLED SO MUCH CRAZINESS IN THE WORLD, 657 00:38:31,758 --> 00:38:34,998 YOU GET TO THINKING, "I DON'T LIKE HUMAN BEINGS MUCH," 658 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,410 AND YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER 659 00:38:37,413 --> 00:38:41,343 THAT THERE ARE WONDERFUL HUMAN BEINGS OUT THERE 660 00:38:41,344 --> 00:38:44,594 IN THIS WORLD AND IT HELPS YOU GET THROUGH THE BAD ONES. 661 00:38:44,586 --> 00:38:52,446 ♪♪ 662 00:38:52,448 --> 00:39:00,338 ♪♪ 663 00:39:00,344 --> 00:39:08,284 ♪♪ 664 00:39:08,275 --> 00:39:10,715 WOW. 665 00:39:10,724 --> 00:39:15,594 I HAVEN'T BEEN IN HERE IN A WHILE. 666 00:39:15,586 --> 00:39:18,716 IT'S FAMILIAR, IT'S ODDLY FAMILIAR, 667 00:39:18,724 --> 00:39:23,174 NOT OVERLY FAMILIAR, BUT DISTANTLY FAMILIAR. 668 00:39:26,551 --> 00:39:30,901 THIS ROW RIGHT HERE WOULD'VE BEEN... THIS THEREABOUTS HERE. 669 00:39:30,896 --> 00:39:33,236 I SAT, THEY'RE ARRANGED A LITTLE DIFFERENT, 670 00:39:33,241 --> 00:39:37,861 BUT THIS WAS MY SEAT RIGHT IN HERE. 671 00:39:37,862 --> 00:39:39,552 I MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN HERE TODAY 672 00:39:39,551 --> 00:39:42,621 IF SOMETHING ELSE HAD GONE DIFFERENT. 673 00:39:42,620 --> 00:39:44,310 I'VE GOT TWO KIDS NOW AND A WIFE 674 00:39:44,310 --> 00:39:47,720 AND MY LIFE COULD'VE BEEN OVER 20 YEARS AGO. 675 00:39:49,137 --> 00:39:50,897 EVERY YEAR, IT KIND OF REFLECTS BACK, 676 00:39:50,896 --> 00:39:53,446 THE GRAVITY OF IT PROBABLY INCREASING 677 00:39:53,448 --> 00:39:55,968 AS YOU APPRECIATE LIFE MORE AND LIVE LIFE 678 00:39:55,965 --> 00:39:59,755 AND EVERYTHING THAT IT'S BROUGHT TO YOU. 679 00:39:59,758 --> 00:40:03,788 IT'S HUMBLING TO KNOW THE PEOPLE 680 00:40:03,793 --> 00:40:06,833 THAT PUT THEIR LIVES AT RISK THAT DAY. 681 00:40:08,931 --> 00:40:11,481 SOMEONE THAT'S WILLING TO MAKE THAT KIND OF SACRIFICE 682 00:40:11,482 --> 00:40:13,242 AND NOT HESITATE TO DO IT, 683 00:40:13,241 --> 00:40:17,481 THAT THERE'S NO WAY TO EXPRESS THAT LEVEL OF APPRECIATION. 684 00:40:17,482 --> 00:40:24,072 ♪♪ 685 00:40:24,068 --> 00:40:30,658 ♪♪ 686 00:40:30,655 --> 00:40:33,755 I STILL GET EMBARRASSED WHEN PEOPLE CALL ME A HERO. 687 00:40:33,758 --> 00:40:35,278 I DON'T THINK OF MYSELF AS THAT. 688 00:40:35,275 --> 00:40:38,615 I THINK OF MYSELF AS DOING THE JOB THAT I NEEDED TO DO 689 00:40:38,620 --> 00:40:42,210 AND I THINK ANY PRINCIPAL GIVEN THE SAME SITUATION 690 00:40:42,206 --> 00:40:44,306 WOULD'VE DONE THE SAME THING. 691 00:40:44,310 --> 00:40:46,240 AND I HOPE THAT'S TRUE. 692 00:40:46,241 --> 00:40:49,101 PEOPLE TELL ME IT'S NOT, BUT I HOPE THAT'S TRUE. 693 00:40:49,103 --> 00:40:55,283 ♪♪ 694 00:40:55,275 --> 00:40:57,685 WHY DID I STEP INTO THE ROOM? 695 00:40:57,689 --> 00:40:59,339 WHY DID I STEP IN THE ROOM? 696 00:40:59,344 --> 00:41:01,414 IT'S SIMPLE. 697 00:41:01,413 --> 00:41:05,213 IT WAS ME FOR THE STUDENTS AND TEACHER. 698 00:41:05,206 --> 00:41:09,236 I WAS MAKING A TRADE. 699 00:41:09,241 --> 00:41:12,451 I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE ME THERE AS A SINGLE PERSON 700 00:41:12,448 --> 00:41:14,308 THAN ALL THOSE STUDENTS AND THAT TEACHER. 701 00:41:14,310 --> 00:41:19,000 FOR ME, IT WAS AN ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE. 702 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:22,240 IF I HAD TO DIE, THAT'S FINE, 703 00:41:22,241 --> 00:41:25,691 BUT IT WAS GONNA BE ME OR NOBODY. 704 00:41:28,586 --> 00:41:30,966 I WASN'T GONNA LET HIM HURT STUDENTS. 705 00:41:30,965 --> 00:41:39,275 ♪♪ 706 00:41:39,275 --> 00:41:47,585 ♪♪ 707 00:41:47,586 --> 00:41:51,096 PICTURES OF DEAR KRISTIN AND DEAR LAUREN, 708 00:41:51,103 --> 00:41:56,833 BIG SMILES ON THEIR FACES, BEAUTIFUL GIRLS. 709 00:41:56,827 --> 00:42:00,067 AND THEIR LIVES WERE ENDED BY AN EVIL BROTHER. 710 00:42:00,068 --> 00:42:05,278 YOU CAN'T HELP TO THINK WHAT COULD'VE BEEN. 711 00:42:05,275 --> 00:42:07,205 YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD THEY HAVE DONE IN THEIR LIVES? 712 00:42:07,206 --> 00:42:09,656 WHAT GOOD COULD THEY HAVE DONE IN THEIR LIVES? 713 00:42:12,068 --> 00:42:17,408 I CAN CLOSE MY EYES RIGHT NOW AND SEE THEM IN THAT BEDROOM. 714 00:42:17,413 --> 00:42:20,833 YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THAT HORRIFIC. 715 00:42:20,827 --> 00:42:22,717 BLESS THEIR SWEET HEARTS. 716 00:42:22,724 --> 00:42:24,864 REST IN PEACE. 717 00:42:24,862 --> 00:42:27,862 Captions by VITAC... www.vitac.com 718 00:42:27,862 --> 00:42:30,832 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS