“What do you want me to say?” one Robb Elementary school teacher asked a reporter. “That I can’t eat? That all I hear are their voices screaming? And I can’t help them?”
Crime scene tape still surrounds Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two educators were killed.UVALDE, Texas — The teacher came to her door Wednesday evening, eyes puffy from hours of crying and almost no sleep.
It had been about 28 hours and 45 minutes since a gunman charged into Robb Elementary School and opened fire, killing at least 19 children and two educators. As the children huddled under their desks, staying quiet as their wounded classmates wailed from down the hall, the teacher sat on the floor in the middle of the room. She tried to stay calm, she said. To be strong for them.A few students started crying, so she motioned for them to come sit by her. She held them and whispered for them to pray silently. Without speaking, she tried to convey to the class:Finally, police approached from outside the classroom and broke the windows.
Later, as the unthinkable toll of the shooting came into focus, some parents texted the teacher: “Thank you for keeping my baby safe.”
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