Divinia Hall

We were all in shorts because we had just come from Cabo where it was 90 degrees out. Being the middle of November, in the middle of the night, it was about 48 degrees, I believe.

We probably walked down the mountain for 45 minutes to an hour. We saw a light, a very faint light in the distance. And it was a trailer, and we could hear dogs barking.

We probably walked down the mountain for 45 minutes to an hour. We saw a light, a very faint light in the distance. And it was a trailer, and we could hear dogs barking.

We probably walked down the mountain for 45 minutes to an hour. We saw a light, a very faint light in the distance. And it was a trailer, and we could hear dogs barking.

And so my mom started yelling, help. Somebody came out and fired two rounds in our direction. Now we're getting shot at.

And so my mom started yelling, help. Somebody came out and fired two rounds in our direction. Now we're getting shot at.

And so my mom started yelling, help. Somebody came out and fired two rounds in our direction. Now we're getting shot at.

We ducked and hit the ground just trying to get as low as possible to get out of any potential line of fire.

We ducked and hit the ground just trying to get as low as possible to get out of any potential line of fire.

We ducked and hit the ground just trying to get as low as possible to get out of any potential line of fire.

If you don't prepare yourself for the worst, you know, how are you going to get through it when it comes? You're not necessarily always safe when you think you are. In 2001, my freshman year of high school, there was a school shooting.

If you don't prepare yourself for the worst, you know, how are you going to get through it when it comes? You're not necessarily always safe when you think you are. In 2001, my freshman year of high school, there was a school shooting.

If you don't prepare yourself for the worst, you know, how are you going to get through it when it comes? You're not necessarily always safe when you think you are. In 2001, my freshman year of high school, there was a school shooting.

I walked into class and I instantly started hearing popping noises.

I walked into class and I instantly started hearing popping noises.

I walked into class and I instantly started hearing popping noises.

I happened to be in a cooking class. You could hear screaming and just chaos.

I happened to be in a cooking class. You could hear screaming and just chaos.

I happened to be in a cooking class. You could hear screaming and just chaos.

People were running into the classroom saying, he's got a gun. There's somebody with a gun. The next hallway over from where I was, another freshman was coming out of the bathroom, just shooting. No real target, just shooting. The SWAT team came into the classroom. It was a team of three or four men. They had us one by one go out of the classroom.