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By Shepard Ambellas<\/p>\n
PARKLAND, Fla. (INTELLIHUB) \u2014 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School history teacher Ernest Rospierski told the Associated Press he thought the Valentine\u2019s Day massacre was a drill at first and was warned earlier that day that a code red drill would be taking place in which blanks were to be used.<\/p>\n
The brave teacher who saved a number of his students lives on 14 February, told the AP that his students and he were at the doorway in the west stairwell of the 1200 building and were all on their way out of the building when they heard gunfire. The teacher and his pupils were trying to exit the building after the fire bell rang just seconds earlier when they became engulfed in a real-time nightmare.<\/p>\n
\u201cI assumed that it was a code red drill because they had told us earlier in the day that they were going to be having a code red drill,\u201d the teacher explained. \u201cI assumed it was blanks.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s when Rospierski acted quickly to get as many students as he could to go back into the rooms while the shooter continued his rampage at the east end of the hallway.<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard two shots,\u201d he said. \u201cThose two shots would have been my friend Scott Beigel who had been shot and killed trying to save his kids.\u201d<\/p>\n
At that point, the shooting briefly stopped while the shooter reloaded his AR-15 to continue on with his rampage.<\/p>\n