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To: i-node who wrote (689165)	12/19/2012 1:57:20 PM
From: THE WATSONYOUTH	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573941

This is really not consistent with what I'd heard on the news, so I wonder which is correct. 20 minutes is an insane amount of time for a response in that situation; I had been left with the impression they were there almost immediately. I agree......this 20 minute response must be confirmed. I will say I heard one of the surviving teachers say it seemed like about 20 minutes..............very hard to accept or fathom. Just an example...... I have a state police barracks 3 miles away. If pressed, I could, after receiving a call, be there in 4 minutes. I think the "SandyHook" area is less than 2 miles from Newtown center. Something is VERY wrong. How can THIS not be a major topic of discussion?????

To: i-node who wrote (689165)	12/19/2012 5:51:49 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573941

I decided to check ... there seem to be gaps between the initial police arrival at the scene, which was quick, and the police figuring out what had happened: .... The recordings begin at 9:35 a.m. with a dispatcher calmly reporting a 911 call about “somebody shooting in the building,” followed two minutes later by the chilling update that a caller was “continuing to hear what he believes to be gunfire.” One dispatcher notifies responding officers that a teacher reported seeing “two shooters, running past the gym.” “Make sure you have your vests on,” a voice cautions officers in the early minutes. ... usnews.nbcnews.com .... The first scanner activity was at about 9:36 a.m., when officers first arrived at the school. They found broken glass by the front door -- officials now say Lanza broke a window to get past the locked front door. [ OK, that's fast. But ... what did they do? ] At 9:43 a.m., an officer requests two ambulances. "We have one fatal in a room, and one who has received a gunshot wound in the foot," an officer says. Three minutes later, an officer asked for even more ambulances. By 9:53 a.m., an officer said that a suspect was down. [ 17 minutes from arrival to find the shooter. ] "The building has not been cleared," he said. "We need a couple more cars up at the scene." Four minutes later, an officer tells others to bring injured children to the base of the school. "Roger, 9-8, extricating the people out of the school," an officer responded. Officers described finding multiple weapons -- a shotgun and a rifle -- as they continued to search the school. ... [ Shotgun? ] nbcphiladelphia.com