>>> WE CONTINUE THIS MORNING
WITH MORE ON THE SHOOTING AT
THAT FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL.
AT LEAST 17 PEOPLE ARE CONFIRMED
DEAD THIS MORNING.
THE SHOOTING SUSPECT NOW CHARGED WITH 17 COUNTS OF PREMEDITATEDED
WITH 17 COUNTS OF PREMEDITATED MURDER.
MURDER.
BRANDON CORASCO IS A FRESHMAN AT
MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH
SCHOOL AND WAS IN THE FRESHMAN
WING OF THE BUILDING WHEN THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE. WHEN THE
SHOOTING TOOK PLACE.
HE JOINS ME NOW.
BRANDON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.ANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE. IM SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE
WITH US.
CAN YOU TELL US, WHAT WAS THE
FIRST SIGN YOU NOTICED OF DANGER YESTERDAY? YOU NOTICED OF DANGER
YESTERDAY?
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
WE HEARD GUNSHOTS. WE WERENT SURE WHAT IT WAS.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE MAYBE
SOME DRUMS OR LIKE THE BAND OR
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING.
MY CLASSMATE AT THE TIME WAS OUT
IN THE HALLWAY.
HE CAME RUNNING IN AND KNOCKED
ON THE DOOR, PANICKING, AND SAID
OPEN THE DOOR, OPEN THE DOOR,
OPEN THE DOOR.
WE OPENED THE DOOR.
WHATS GOING ON?
HE SAID MISS JACOBSON, THAT WAS REAL GUNSHOTS.ACOBSON, THAT WAS
REAL GUNSHOTS. MISS JACOBSON IS MY ENGLISH
TEACHER WHO I WAS WITH THE WHOLE
TIME.
TIME.
SO WE WERE LIKE WHATS GOING ON?
THEN WE HEAR THE FIRE ALARM. WE SEE ALL THE OTHER CLASSMATES
GOING OUTSIDE.
GOING OUTSIDE. IT WAS WEIRD AT FIRST BECAUSE WE
JUST HAD ONE EARLIER DURING
SECOND PERIOD.
SECOND PERIOD.
>> THE FIRE DRILL, RIGHT.
>> WE HEARD GUNSHOTS AGAIN. YES.E HEARD GUNSHOTS AGAIN.
YES.
>> SO DID YOU BARRICADE YOURSELVES INSIDE THE CLASSROOM?
>> WE WERE ALL IN THE HALLWAY.
AND THEN WE HEARD THE SHOOTER
AGAIN SHOOTING AT US.
EVERYONE JUST RAN BACK INTO A
CLASSROOM, NOT EVEN THEIR
CLASSROOM, JUST EVERYONE WENT TO
A CLASSROOM.
A CLASSROOM. TEACHERS DID.
TEACHERS DID. WE LOCKED THE DOORS AND WE ALL
GOT AWAY FROM THE DOOR HIDING.
>> DID YOU FEEL CALM?
DID YOU FEEL PANICKED?
HOW DID YOU FEEL IN THE MOMENT?
>> WHEN I HEARD THE SHOOTER JUST
GOING OFF AND WE WERE ALL IN THE
HALLWAY RUNNING AWAY, THAT WAS
THE ONLY TIME I WAS PANICKING.
BUT IN THE CLASSROOM AND WE
LOCKED THE DOOR, I WAS TRYING TO
KEEP MY CALM.
IF I KEEP CALM, MY CLASSMATES
WOULD BE CALMER.
>> HOW OLD ARE YOU, BRANDON?
>> I AM 15 YEARS OLD.
>> I MEAN OF COURSE YOUVE HEARD
ABOUT OTHER SCHOOL SHOOTINGS
ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY.
YOU NEVER THINK ITS GOING TO
HAPPEN TO YOU.
IN THE MOMENT, DO YOU REMEMBER
WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR
HEAD?
HEAD?
>> IM JUST SAYING LETS BE QUIET, GUYS.AYING LETS BE
QUIET, GUYS. PUT YOUR PHONES ON SILENT.
TEXT YOUR PARENTS.
DONT CALL THEM. JUST TRYING TO STAY CALM AND
TELL THE OTHER KIDS TO BE QUIET.
>> HOW DID YOU KNOW IT WAS
FINALLY SAFE TO LEAVE THE
CLASSROOM?
CLASSROOM? >> AT FIRST WE DID HEAR THE
S.W.A.T. MEMBERS GOING TO OTHER
ROOMS.
ROOMS.
MY TEACHER IS LIKE WE STILL DID NOT OPEN THE DOOR FOR THEM. DID
NOT OPEN THE DOOR FOR THEM. BUT WE SAW OTHER CLASSROOMS
LEAVING.
LEAVING.
WE WENT SLOWLY TO THE DOOR, MY
TEACHER, AND SHE SAW THE OTHER CLASSROOMS LEAVING AND THETHER
CLASSROOMS LEAVING AND THE S.W.A.T. MEMBER.
S.W.A.T. MEMBER. SO WE OPENED THE DOOR AND HE
YELLED AT US PUT YOUR HANDS ON
YOUR HEAD, GO IN SINGLE FILE
ORDER OUT THE BUILDING AND THEY
ESCORTED US OUT.
>> AND WHAT DID YOU SEE IN THE
HALLWAY WHEN YOU LEFT YOUR
CLASSROOM?
CLASSROOM?
>> AS WE WERE LEAVING THE
CLASSROOM, I SAW TWO BODIES ON MY RIGHT SIDE.AW TWO BODIES ON
MY RIGHT SIDE. I SAW TWO BODIES IN FRONT OF ME
AND AS IM WALKING DOWN LEFT TO
THE HALLWAY, I SEE FOUR MORE
BODIES.
BODIES. AND ONE OF THEM WAS VERY BAD.
IT LOOKED LIKE ONE OF THE
S.W.A.T. MEMBERS WAS TRYING TO
COVER IT UP.
>> DO YOU KNOW ANY OF THE
VICTIMS?
VICTIMS?
>> IM SORRY? >> DO YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO WAS
SHOT?
SHOT?
>> NO, I DO NOT KNOW THEM PERSONALLY. NOT KNOW THEM
PERSONALLY.
I HAVE SEEN THEM AROUND SCHOOL AND I HAVE TALKED TO THEM AOOL
AND I HAVE TALKED TO THEM A COUPLE TIMES, BUT I DID NOT KNOW
THEM PERSONALLY LIKE THAT.
>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE WHEN YOU
WERE REUNITED WITH YOUR PARENTS?
>> YOU KNOW, I DIDNT HAVE
ANYTHING TO CONTACT THEM THE
WHOLE TIME.
WHOLE TIME. I WASNT -- I WAS JUST TRYING TO
DO MY BEST TO CALM OTHER KIDS
DOWN, IT WILL BE OKAY, WERE
SAFE NOW.
SAFE NOW. WHEN WE GOT OUT OF THERE, THE
POLICE TOLD US TO GO ON A BUS
AND THE PARENTS TO GO THERE.
IM JUST WAITING IN LINE AND I
SEE MY DAD ON THE PHONE.
AND I JUST YELL HIS NAME AND WE
JUST HUGGED.
JUST HUGGED.
HE JUST GAVE ME A KISS ON THE
FOREHEAD.
>> YOURE A REMARKABLE YOUNG
MAN, REMARKABLE YOUNG MAN.
WERE VERY GLAD THAT YOURE WELL AND YOURE SAFE TODAY.OURE WELL
AND YOURE SAFE TODAY. SO SORRY FOR WHATS HAPPENED AT