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DeKalb police. What\'s the address of the emergency?

This is Antoinette Tuff.

When I heard the 911 call, I thought,

"Here\'s somebody who has not just courage

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"and not just cool under pressure

"but also had enough heart that somehow,

"she could convince somebody that was really troubled

"that she cared about him."

You know, you meet folks like this all across the country.

Every single day, they\'re doing incredible stuff.

But what exactly makes this country so great

is that day-to-day courage, kindness, empathy that really makes a difference.

Can I run?

Can you get somewhere safe?

Yeah, I\'ve got to go.

something children

That\'s Mommy\'s favorite song.

Oh, my goodness, Mama.

Would you please? He is a grown man.

Ain\'t nothing wrong with a mama loving on her children,

even the mouthy ones.

All right, little brother, I\'m going to take you to rehab,

and then I have to go to work.

Wait a minute. One second. Hold up. Mmm-mmm.

D.

You sure you okay to be doing this so soon?

You just got out the hospital...

You\'re the one who said I need to do for myself.

Mmm-hmm. Come on, D. I am going to be late.

I got this. Okay.

Have a good day at work, Mama.

And you guys, too.

Yeah, Ma. Go set those kids right.

Bye, Mama.

Love you. Love you.

Hi, Antoinette!

Good morning, Virginia. How are you?

How\'s your family? Everybody\'s good.

Hi, Mrs. Tuff. I finished all my reading.

Good job. How are you, kiddo?

Good morning. Good morning.

You better carry that right before you hurt yourself. Come on.

Guys, you\'ve got five minutes left before the bell.

Hurry up. Let\'s go. Come on. Come on. Oh, got him.

Let\'s go. Come on, guys. Let\'s go.

Hustle, hustle, hustle!

Hey, guys.

Hi, Mrs. Tuff.

Hi, Timothy. Hi, Ricki. Don\'t you two have someplace you need to be?

We were running an errand for Mr. Carmichael.

Is that the errand?

Yes, ma\'am. It\'s spiders.

I\'m sorry, what? Spiders. Two of them.

Can I see it? Let me check it out.

Hmm, okay.

Um, did you guys ask Principal Shaw, was it okay to...

It\'s for class. My mom says they\'re gross.

Yeah, well, spiders and snakes.

But, you know, one time, when I was about your age,

I saw a rattlesnake.

A real one? Yes.

And I screamed, and I took off running, but my grandma,

she stopped me and she said, "No, no, no, don\'t run.

"Don\'t let the snake scare you.

"You scare the snake."

Antoinette, I\'ve been looking for you. Yes.

Okay, guys. I\'m gonna let you go to class, okay?

And maybe I\'ll stop by Mr. Carmichael\'s class and see what he\'s teaching you.

All righty.

You got my message about covering the front office this afternoon?

Yes, I did. I\'ll let her know you\'re on your way.

Okay.

Hello?

Wait a minute. What\'s wrong?

I don\'t understand.

And there\'s nothing I can do?

Okay.

Thank you for calling.

Okay, bye.

This is Ms. Tuff.

Yes, Ms. Shaw. I\'m coming right now.

Okay. See you in a bit. Bye.

All right.

Hey, Virginia. Oh, hi.

Oh, my gosh, thank you so much for helping me do this.

I wasn\'t even gonna do it because of my husband,

but then, Principal Shaw said, "Why not?" So...

Just one second. Oh, sorry.

Have a seat right here.

Okay.

Hey, Marie.

Antoinette, thank you so much for doing this.

Not a problem at all.

Really nice meeting you. Yeah, you, too.

Feel better, Luke. Thanks again. You\'re a savior.

I\'m hardly that, girl.

Okay, have you signed him out yet? No.

Let\'s go, big guy.

You better not be faking it.

You\'re married, though, right? Are you on your husband\'s plan?

You know, we have a really good policy,

so you might as well take advantage of it.

So you need to decide which type of deductible...

Right there...

I\'m gonna make it a little bit easier for you.

Okay. I like to take this off.

Yeah. Right.

Okay. Married.

This is DOB. Date of birth.

And check which one you want.

Okay. Got it.

Which one of these deductibles do you want?

The cheapest. You can see the difference...

Okay. Well, you fill out on this box right there.

Okay, got it. Okay, got it.

Take this off.

I need you to sign one... Actually, one more spot. I forgot.

Fill this out. Right there, that box. Okay.

Perfect. I\'m gonna take this part off,

and you just have one more signature. Okay, right there.

This is your first baby. I know!

One second.

All right, perfect. Right there. One second.

Can I help you...

This is not a joke.

This is serious.

I need you to do exactly as I say.

Okay, okay... Shut up.

Okay.

Breathe. Just breathe. Listen to me. Listen to me.

Shut up, both of you! No one makes noise.

Where is everyone?

I asked you a goddamn question. Where is everyone?

Please, just... Teachers?

Where\'s all the goddamn teachers?

No, no, no, please don\'t. You.

No, no, no. Please, please. Please.

Stop! Stop! Okay, okay.

Just calm down. Okay, okay. Okay.

Get up, both of you. Okay.

Get up. We\'re up.

Okay.

Pregnant lady,

I want you to go in there,

and I want you to tell everyone in this building that I\'m here.

And this isn\'t a joke. This is serious.

Don\'t look at her. She ain\'t gonna tell you what to do.

I tell you what to do. You understand?

Yes, okay. We understand.

We understand. Go ahead.

I can\'t leave.

I\'ll kill both of you right now. Okay.

Both of you right now. Okay.

So go. Okay. Okay!

You tell everyone that I\'m here.

And I\'m coming for them!

These little guys can shed their whole exoskeleton.

Ooh! What happens if it bites you?

It\'s just a pinch. I\'ll live. I hope.

Oh, my...

Are you okay?

Is it the baby? Should we call 911?

Active shooter. What?

The kids. We have to secure the kids. Where?

There\'s a young man with a machine gun.

Okay, Virginia, where? Oh, God.

In the front office with Antoinette.

We are on lockdown, people.

Follow the plan. Kids, first priority. Let\'s go.

Operator, we have a gunman at Ronald E. McNair Elementary.

My plate is full.

My plate\'s getting too full.

There\'s not even room for gravy.

"Thief comes, but not to steal,

"to kill, and destroy."

Gonna have to help me through this one.

Come on. Give me strength. Help me through this.

I need your help. Shut up.

It is too hot to study science in that stuffy little room.

So maybe if we take the spiders outside,

they\'ll teach us how they make their webs.

Tarantulas don\'t use webs for catching stuff.

Sometimes, though, they use them, like, as signals.

Lockdown! Intruder alert.

He\'s in the front office.

Get the children back in your classroom quickly and lock it down. Go, go, go!

Guys, guys. Remember the drills?

Remember... Quick like foxes, right?

Guys, we\'re locking it down. Lockdown!

Come on, super quiet. Back in the classroom.

- Lock it down! - Lockdown!

Ramone!

Keep going, all right? I\'ll be right there.

Ramone. No, no, no.

Hey, hey. It\'s all right. It\'s all right.

Just leave it. Come on. Come on. Come on.

Ooh.

It\'s too loud.

What\'s your name?

I\'m Antoinette.

I\'m the bookkeeper.

I don\'t usually...

I\'m just sitting in for the front desk receptionist.

Everybody dies today.

Everybody dies.

Yes, you need to do your best to secure the children.

How old are they? Where are you? Teacher\'s lounge?

And how many children are in the auditorium?

Hostage.

Okay.

Okay. Okay, try to remain calm, okay? Someone will be right out.

Just like we practiced before. All right, help me push this.

What are you doing?

Stop moving.

Stop moving up there.

What are you doing up there? No noise.

Everyone\'s got to stop moving.

You want to die right now? Huh?

Sir, everyone\'s doing exactly what you asked them.

Shut the hell up, or I\'ll kill you.

Got to stop moving up there.

How many kids are in this school?

How many kids are in this school?

Answer the question. How many kids are in this school?

You want to die right now, lady? How many kids are in the school?

Answer the question. How many kids are in the school?

How many kids are in the school?

How many kids are in the school?

Eight hundred and thirty one.

Eight hundred and thirty one.

Thank you.

That\'s a lot of kids.

Did you take her temperature?

Baby, you\'ve got to take her temperature.

I know, but sometimes, kids just get hot.

Look. Yeah, look at that.

Knock it off. What?

Not you, darling. It was Curtis. He keeps stealing my fries.

Tell Rach she\'s got to try a cold bath.

It\'s what my mom used to do with me.

Curtis says, try a cold bath.

Active shooter. All units.

All available units to Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy.

2162 2nd Avenue. I repeat, active shooter.

Babe, I\'ve got to jump. Yeah, we got a call. All right, I love you, too.

Give Sally a kiss for me.

On our way. 10-4.

My sister went to that school.

Damn, man, how young are you?

Twenty-three. She\'s a lot younger. She thought she was a mistake.

Caucasian male intruder, armed with a possible automatic weapon.

Possibly an AK-47.

Number one side, school front office, one and two corner.

Casualties? Hostages?

Possible female hostage, adult.

Damn.

County helicopter en route.

They got airborne fast.

That\'s a news chopper.

How many kids go to that school?

When my sister went there? Hundreds.

"The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want."

Who you talking to over there? You on the phone?

God. I\'m talking to God.

God?

I\'m praying. Psalm 23.

What the hell is that?

"The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want..."

Stop. Shut up. "He maketh me lie..."

Shut up! I can\'t think with all that mumbling.

Most days, I talk to God

a good 15 minutes or so.

Apostle Tuff.

He\'s Terry\'s uncle.

And he told me that, for as long as I talk to God,

that\'s how long I\'ve got to listen.

So if I\'m talking to God 15 minutes,

then that\'s how long I have to sit in total silence and just listen.

Fifteen minutes is a long time when you really try to do it,

but I just close my eyes and block out everything.

My kids, everything, you know? The best I can.

Call 911.

Call 911?

That\'s what I said. Call 911.

And the news.

I want everyone to know what happens here today.

I want everyone to know.

Everyone. Everyone, I need your attention.

Quiet!

What\'s going on?

I need all of you to just stay focused and follow my directions, okay?

An intruder with a gun has entered the building.

Please, please, stay calm.

We need to move to the kitchen.

We need to do it quickly, quietly, and together.

Are we gonna die?

Once we\'re in there, we\'ll hide, okay?

Everyone, quickly and orderly.

Together. Let\'s go. Let\'s go. Come on. Quickly, quickly. Come on.

Careful, don\'t trip. Don\'t trip. Stay low.

All right. Stand over here.

Guys, this is a lockdown. This is not a drill.

Everybody in the closet now!

Stephanie, get with Coach Williams right now. Let\'s go!

Everybody inside.

Keep down low. Stay together.

It\'s gonna be all right. Together, we\'re gonna be fine.

Which do you want me to call first, the news or 911?

News. The news.

Is there a channel or...

I don\'t care what goddamn channel. A good one.

Okay. You tell them I\'m here.

And you tell them that this is not a joke.

I want a helicopter.

Okay.

I don\'t know the password. I\'m gonna have to look up the number.

Do it. Okay.

Is Channel 2 News, is that okay?

Channel 2 Atlanta.

Hello. Yes, it\'s very important you stay on the line with me.

Very important. Just one second.

I have to ask someone something.

I have Channel 2. You want to talk to them,

or do you want me to do it?

Want me to do it.

Hello? Yes. My name is Antoinette Tuff.

I\'m calling from the Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy.

Sir, what\'s your name?

Armed gunman.

There\'s an armed gunman in the front...

You tell them I want a news helicopter.

Ma\'am, are you okay?

Tell them I want them to record this, blow by blow.

Tell them everyone in this building dies today, okay?

Okay, everyone in this building is gonna die today,

and you tell them that I\'m serious.

The young man wants you to know that he is serious,

and he\'s in front of me.

I heard that.

Hang up. What?

Hang up. Hang up.

Hang up the damn phone!

If I tell you to do something, you do it. Hang it up!

Bam! Bam!

I\'ll kill them. Kill the pigs. Kill all the pigs today.

You\'re gonna see a lot of people die today, lady.

A lot of people die.

Sir, I can call 911 now.

Bang. Down! Everybody down!

Shooter! Get down!

- Let\'s go. Let\'s go! - Move! Move!

I got eyes.

Car 541 on location.

We can confirm. Visible confirmation on the suspect.

He\'s got a weapon. Maybe an AK-47.

We can confirm the suspect is armed with an assault rifle.

Still in the area. Requesting more backup.

If you were on a desert island, and you had to pick one.

I don\'t like either of them.

Oh, you like Bo.

Not like that.

Sorry. Sorry for scaring you guys.

Okay, Charlise, Fiona, we are on lockdown.

Why?

We can talk about why later. I just...

I need you both to go and stay close with me, okay?

All units, report to the north field parking lot

behind the McNair Discovery Learning Academy.

Mobile command on the way. Set up triage.

Prepare for casualties and medical assistance.

All units, report to the north field parking lot

behind the McNair Discovery Learning Academy.

Who you calling?

I was calling 911. I was just waiting for you to come back.

Good!

You tell them if any of those asshole cops, they come up,

they... Are they on yet?

I was just waiting for you to tell me what...

Well, then call them! Okay.

You call them! Yes, sir.

And you tell them. You just... You tell them... Uh...

You scared of me?

I suppose I\'m less scared of you than what you might do.

Sir? Sir?

I need you to come back here and tell me what to say.

They\'re gonna hang up on me.

Hang up. What?

Just do as I say. Okay.

I want you to tell everyone in this school to stop moving

and stop running around!

How about if I use the school intercom to tell everybody that?

Yeah, do it. To tell them...

Hello? Hello?

Hello, everyone, this is Antoinette Tuff speaking from the front desk.

An armed intruder is in our school.

He doesn\'t want any more movement from anyone.

So please stay as calm

and as quiet as possible.

I\'m sure he\'s just...

Everyone just do what this man instructs us to do.

You say what I tell you to say.

You don\'t add nothing or nothing.

I\'m the boss here. I\'m in charge.

I was just trying to...

I don\'t give a shit what you want.

You just tell them to sit there and wait for me.

Y\'all just sit tight,

nice and quiet.

This will all be over soon.

God bless.

You want me to try 911 again? I can...

Yeah.

Dial?

Dial.

And you tell them that,

if any of those cops get any closer towards this building...

They\'re on. They\'re on.

Tell them I\'ll start shooting.

Hello? 911. What\'s your emergency?

Hello, this is Antoinette Tuff

calling from the Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy front office,

I would like to relay a message to the police from a gunman

standing right to the left in front of me.

The gunman is in the room with you, ma\'am?

Yes, he is. She\'s with the gunman.

Got it.

Okay.

It\'s just the two of us here, and we\'re standing eye-to-eye.

Um... He wants the cops to know

that if they come into the school grounds...

Or any closer.

That he\'s going to start shooting.

And everyone\'s gonna die.

And everyone is going to die.

Okay.

Drew, patch me through to PD.

Lieutenant Franklin.

Do you see any indication that he\'s working with somebody?

A partner? No, ma\'am, I do not.

Hang up now.

And that\'s all. Antoinette?

Antoinette? I can hear him in the background.

I need you to put the phone down and place me on hold.

I\'ll wait for you here.

I\'m sorry. What is your name? Hang up now.

Kendra. My name is Kendra.

Thank you. Thank you.

All units, fall back to defensive positions.

All units, fall back...

It\'s almost over, lady.

Antoinette Tuff, born August 7, 1966.

Two children. Son, Derrick. Daughter, La Vita.

Started working as a bookkeeper

in DeKalb County School District, July 2005.

Says here she did such a good job, the principal asked her to go with her

to another school.

That was 2008. Ronald E. McNair. Been there since.

Too bad it doesn\'t say anything about crisis negotiation.

Hold on.

Thanks. Put him on.

Yeah, stand by. We\'ve got 911 on the line.

Franklin here. Hey, Benito.

We\'re on with the hostage. Okay, good.

So you\'re talking to her?

Yeah, I can hear her with the gunman.

She\'s trying to keep him calm.

The two of them are together?

Yeah. We\'ve got to get in there. All right.

I\'ll connect you to the call center ASAP.

All right. Let me know when you set up the patch.

All right, I need an ETA on SWAT.

Alert county. I need a negotiator onsite.

Copy. Get an open line.

I\'m on it.

Go ahead. Go ahead. On me.

Hold! All right!

Come on, now.

Mobile command\'s onsite. SWAT is five out.

God tells us to protect the children.

But...

My mom, she didn\'t know what she was sending us into, you know?

You need to be quiet.

I was 10.

And my mom... Oh, my mom.

She was really sick. Cancer.

That summer, she sent me and my brothers

to go stay with my dad and his new wife in South Carolina.

And we didn\'t really want to go.

So we got there.

We knocked at the door,

and these two girls answered.

You know, like stepsisters in Cinderella.

And they just looked at us like, "Who the hell are you?"

And just slammed the door in our face.

What?

Got worse from there on.

Sir?

What is it, Sterling?

We got a man in the parking lot.

Looks like a civilian.

He must\'ve been asleep in the truck or something.

Looks like he\'s dancing, Lieutenant.

Come again?

Dude is literally dancing.

He\'s heading into the school.

Well, grab him.

Sir, we can\'t grab him. The shooter said if we get any closer...

I know what he said. Shit.

He\'s got a pass card.

Is he a teacher? Maintenance?

That card is gonna take the shooter through the whole damn school.

Idiot must not hear the choppers.

What do we do?

Listen for shots. Prepare to move.

Hey!

Here for my mail.

Just in case, you know, something life-changing came in.

My call to greatness.

So where\'s Marie?

Oh! Okay. Whoa, whoa!

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Okay, okay. Calm, calm...

Shots fired! Shots fired!

Do we have a visual? Negative!

Oh, my God. Lou.

Oh, my God. Benito.

Benny. I\'m hearing in the room again.

Oh, my God.

Please be okay. Please.

Get up.

Okay. Okay. Lou, you\'re not shot.

You\'re okay. Everyone\'s okay.

The man who entered the school is not wounded.

I don\'t want you here.

Tell Lieutenant Franklin we\'re live inside.

I want you to go into that building, and I want you

to tell everyone that I\'m serious and that this is happening.

Do as he says.

He wants you to leave. Please leave.

I\'m okay. It\'s okay.

You tell them that this place is a tomb!

And everybody\'s gonna die today!

Everybody\'s gonna die!

Train is moving. Train is moving. Train is moving.

May I go to the bathroom, please?

What?

I have to go to the bathroom.

Where\'s the bathroom?

It\'s right down the hall.

Go ahead.

Okay.

She\'s going to the bathroom. She can make a break.

We should have the gunman alone soon.

Are we up? Yes, sir.

Could we get a patch?

I can wait.

I can wait.

She\'s back in the office.

Oh, what the hell?

I said not to come closer. I said that, right?

No vehicles, pedestrians, or bicycles.

Family, staff, and friends, press, and everyone is sent here.

Got it? Yes, sir.

They didn\'t believe me.

Mom?

I got your message yesterday. I don\'t understand.

Could I help you talk to her?

Too late.

I have a boy right about your age.

I was so excited about having a baby boy.

We already had a girl, La Vita.

She\'s engaging him.

I had her when I was 20.

Well, tell her not to.

Tell her just to take care of herself. Can she...

I can\'t. She can\'t hear me.

Is this woman trying to engage a man with an AK-47?

Yes. Lieutenant, she\'s just talking to him, trying to keep him calm.

Well, you tell her that I have professional negotiators on the way.

Who is she again, a school counselor?

Her name is Antoinette Tuff.

Are you kidding me? Tuff?

Yes, sir. She\'s the school bookkeeper.

There\'s a Cool Girls club at the school for disadvantaged kids.

She\'s the site coordinator.

She owns a private transportation business

that serves the disabled, active in her church...

Got two kids. One\'s in a wheelchair.

And the one thing I wanted more than anything was a family,

so, when Derrick was born and the doctors came over,

you know, and they checked 10 fingers, 10 toes, and stuff like that...

You know, when your child\'s born, you don\'t want to hear no medical words.

His neck was, like, twisted.

I just remember wanting to scream at those doctors,

"No, he don\'t have anything like that.

"Stop talking."

One time, when Derrick was two, he ran towards the living room,

chasing behind his big sister, La Vita. And we have this glass table there.

And he just ran. Bam. Crashed right into it.

Not a scratch.

And then, when I put him down, he kept right on running

like ain\'t nothing happened.

What are you talking about, lady?

There was something wrong with his eyes.

By the time Derrick was in sixth grade, he needed a wheelchair.

The doctor said he has something called

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease.

And it\'s got nothing to do with teeth.

It\'s named after the doctors who discovered the illness.

Shut up.

I told you. She should just keep quiet.

Shut up. You think I give a damn about you and your kid?

I\'ve got problems, too, you know.

Right there!

Go, go, go.

You think I don\'t see you, huh?

You think I don\'t see you?

I\'ve got nothing to live for. I don\'t care if I die.

I\'m taking all y\'all with me.

I get how you feel. What do you get?

What?

\'Cause your blind kid died of some screwed-up disease,

you think you understand how I feel?

You don\'t even know a little bit, lady.

You watch how you talk about my family.

You say another word,

and you\'re dead.

Here it goes.

Don\'t get yourself killed, Antoinette.

The gunman, he\'s at the front door.

He\'s shooting at the police.

He\'s shooting at the police.

Down! Down! Down!

Okay, do you see a safe place you can run?

He\'s reloading.

Antoinette, you need to get out of there.

This is your chance. He\'s distracted now.

I have to go. I have to go. I\'ll be all right.

I\'ve got to stay with the kids. I have to go. Bye.

"All night long, their nets they threw

"to the stars in the twinkling foam.

"And down from the sky came a wooden shoe,

"bringing the fishermen home.

"\'Twas, oh, so pretty a sail, it seemed,

"as if it could not be.

"And some folks thought \'twas a dream they dreamed

"of sailing that beautiful sea.

"But I shall name you the fishermen three,

"Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.

"Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes,

"and Nod is a little head.

"And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies

"is a wee one\'s trundle bed.

"So shut your eyes

"as Mother sings

"of the wonderful sights that be.

"And you shall see the beautiful things

"where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three."

SWAT is on the scene. Lay low. Do not engage. I repeat, do not engage.

"So shut your eyes

"as Mother sings

"of the wonderful sights that be.

"And you shall see the beautiful things

"where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three.

"Wynken, Blynken, and Nod."

He\'s coming back. I\'m gonna call you back. I\'ll call you back.

I told them. I told them. I told them not to...

I told them if they came any closer, I\'d start shooting kids.

Well, why don\'t they know?

You want me to call 911 and...

You tell them to stop all movement.

Okay.

Ma\'am, is everything all right in there?

Hello, 911?

Yes. The gunman is saying he needs the police to back off.

Okay.

You hearing this, Lieutenant?

Hold your positions.

Roger that.

For now.

You can hang up.

Okay.

Alpha, Bravo! Move out!

Team at the ready, sir.

In this normally quiet, peaceful neighborhood of Decatur, Georgia,

a lone gunman, armed with an AK-47,

entered the Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy.

According to our affiliate, there\'s a report of a shooting

at a local Atlanta elementary school.

An unidentified gunman opened fire, threatening...

There are reports shots have been fired.

Turn on the news.

On any channel.

Channel 2.

I\'m the one in the school.

I\'m the shooter guy.

Do you need for me to talk to them and tell them everything\'s okay?

I shot at the police. I shot at the police. I shot at the police.

I shot at the police. Do you want me to call 911?

Tell them to back off? I should\'ve gone to a hospital.

I should\'ve gone to a hospital instead of coming here.

I can\'t afford my medication. You want me to call your mom?

I\'m not on disability. I can\'t work. I can\'t afford shit.

Maybe she can bring your medication or...

I\'m sick. I\'m sick. I\'m sick.

Sometimes, when all seems lost, there\'s still hope.

He didn\'t die.

Who?

Derrick, my son. You said he was dead.

He didn\'t die.

Again and again, he faces challenges,

and again and again, he rises.

That\'s the amazing thing.

We can think everything is over.

And then...

People gave up on my boy.

They said he was gonna die.

He was gonna be a burden.

He wouldn\'t amount to anything.

But he\'s a good young man.

He went to college.

Got himself a girl.

There\'s a place for everybody.

No place for me.

There\'s a place for everybody.

Activating your units? What the hell were you thinking?

He fired his weapon on your men and you called a retreat?

In what universe is that acceptable? This is a hostage situation.

There\'s no way we\'re firing into a building filled with children!

He fires on us again, we will shoot back.

My mind went bad.

Bipolar and stuff.

Brother used to call my bathroom a drugstore.

One time,

I almost burned the house down.

I didn\'t mean to, but...

Nobody believed me.

This other time,

my mom was sleeping.

I was standing over her,

is what they said,

holding a knife.

Mom took every last knife out of the house

and hid them in the trunk of her car.

She was trying to protect you.

I doubt it.

Sometimes, La Vita,

she would say I pushed her too hard.

But I didn\'t finish high school.

Really? Yeah.

Not many people on my mother or my father\'s side

are what you would call successful.

So I figure

La Vita and Derrick were facing

a generational curse.

My children were gonna break that curse.

And she\'s a real fancy lawyer now.

Bet you\'re a real good mom.

I try to be.

With a nice life,

that her husband and kids are real proud of.

You and me ain\'t nothing alike.

We ain\'t nothing alike, and you don\'t know me.

My life,

it\'s not as perfect as you think.

A few weeks after La Vita was born,

Terry, he got down on one knee,

and he gave me this tiny little engagement ring.

He got the money from his driving jobs.

My daddy left my mama when I was two, so...

A man loving me like Terry?

I didn\'t care

if the ring didn\'t fit my finger.

I didn\'t care if there was no ring at all.

Terry was supposed to take it back to the jewelry store and get it sized.

So, like, a week passed, a month, then two months.

And every time I would ask him about it, he would say,

"Oh, you know, he\'s working on it," or he was busy.

This or that.

So, one Sunday, I decided to go to his family church rather than my mom\'s.

I never go to his church.

It was the first time I ever set foot in his family church.

So I had my baby La Vita with me, and I walked into the church,

and I noticed that people in the congregation,

you know, they were looking at me a little funny,

but I ain\'t pay it no attention.

And, you know, I\'m singing on the choir Sunday morning.

And I look at one of the other choir members, and I...

I see a girl. She\'s about my age.

I looked down at her, and I see, you know, she\'s wearing

a little engagement ring.

It was my engagement ring.

My engagement ring.

Terry had proposed to her, too. He was engaged to both of us.

What?

Can you believe that?

I don\'t get it. You married him anyway?

I loved him.

I loved him more than I loved myself.

My mom says

that finding a good man in Georgia is like finding bread in a hardware store.

That\'s kind of true.

I tried.

No, I really tried.

It says right there in Proverbs.

Thirty-first chapter,

10th and the 12th verse.

"An excellent wife is far more precious than jewels."

You know the whole Bible by heart or something?

No. I know a lot of it.

What\'s she doing?

Just talking to him like a person, showing him a little kindness.

I used to take Terry to the store,

buy him some clothes

because he needed them for church.

And, one day, out of the blue, he just came to me and said,

"Okay, I\'m having an affair."

That\'s what he said to me.

Terry had heart problems.

He had surgery.

Some days were so bad he couldn\'t even get out the bed.

He couldn\'t even go to work.

But I got up every morning at 6:00 a.m. to take care of him,

Derrick, and La Vita.

Isn\'t that simple exchange between a man and his wife important?

Those little things you do for people you love.

A thousand moments just like that.

I was confused,

angry, ashamed.

I felt less than human, you know?

What kind of woman let another woman come into her life

and just take her man?

What kind of woman can\'t keep her man?

He shouldn\'t have done that to you.

He kept saying, "Oh, it\'s gonna be okay.

"Antoinette, it\'s gonna be okay."

It\'s not okay.

I had no control over anything.

"You\'ll survive this. She wouldn\'t.

"Oh, Antoinette, you\'re strong. You\'re gonna get over this."

I felt so stupid.

So stupid.

I tried to get a gun

New Year\'s Eve last year.

Right after Terry left me.

I asked a friend to help me buy a gun.

But he wouldn\'t.

New Year\'s Eve sucks.

Everyone\'s all out and yelling, fireworks, getting drunk.

Next day, it\'s all the same.

I was parked along Wesley Chapel Road.

I was just sitting in my car,

watching the Fords and the Chevys and the SUV barrel past.

People rushing home to be with their children, their partners,

anxious to get back to their real lives.

Me?

I didn\'t have no life.

Not without Terry.

At least, that\'s what I believed in my heart.

I got out the car,

and I walked to the side of Wesley Chapel Road, and I just...

I just stood there.

Just tired

of all the lies,

all the back and forth,

all the desperation, trying to get somebody to love me.

My dad, Terry...

I just wanted it all to end.

I remember

I took one step forward and another one,

and all I had to do was just take two more steps,

and it\'d have all been over.

Tried to kill myself too many times to count.

Why didn\'t you do it?

I don\'t know.

I just couldn\'t do that to my kids.

What\'s your name?

It doesn\'t matter.

You can go if you want.

You don\'t have to be nice to me.

You can go, and I won\'t stop you.

You don\'t have to do this, son.

I ain\'t your son.

You said you weren\'t supposed to be here. I heard you say that.

I\'m here. I\'m where I\'m supposed to be.

Police and SWAT units are in the process of surrounding

the McNair Discovery Learning Academy

while a lone gunman continues to threaten

the lives of students, teachers...

An armed gunman has gained entrance and barricaded himself in the school.

Authorities at this hour will not confirm or deny early reports...

Shock and horror are the only way to describe

another community under siege, and more school-aged children...

"Intruder alert," "hostage situation," "elementary school"

are becoming all-too-familiar monikers

when describing a new epidemic.

Children taken hostage. Images come to mind of Columbine

and Newtown that we hope we never...

The students at McNair Discovery Learning Academy,

an elementary school near Atlanta in DeKalb County,

unfortunately, now, the latest victims.

Kendra? Hello?

Hello, Kendra? Yes, ma\'am. Yes, I\'m here.

He\'s headed towards the front door. He\'s...

Okay, remain calm and stay on the phone, okay?

Tell them not to fire back.

He\'s just a confused kid. I can talk to him.

That is not your job here, okay?

The police can take care of this. You need to be safe.

Those children need to be safe.

Now, if you can find somewhere to run, now is your time.

I can\'t leave him.

Antoinette?

Mmm-mmm.

We all have a purpose. I suppose this is mine.

Please, come on. Come back.

Come on, babe. Come back.

Come on back in here. Please, come...

He\'s unloading!

Go, go, go!

Are you still there?

Stop shooting! Tell them to stop shooting.

Antoinette, I\'m still here.

Ahhh!

Oh, my God.

Hello? Hello?

Antoinette, are you still there?

I\'m gonna take care of this boy.

What? No. Antoinette.

She\'s going up to him.

We got the hostage approaching the gunman.

Son, you\'ve got to stop. You\'ve got to stop shooting, okay?

Those bullets ain\'t got no names on it. They don\'t care who they kill.

I should\'ve... I should\'ve gone to a hospital...

Nobody\'s gonna die today. I\'m not right in the head.

I\'m not right in the head. I\'m sick.

I shot at the cops, and they hate me now.

Commander? Let me know when you\'ve got him.

I have eyes. He\'s winged, left arm.

The hostage is with him.

Wait. What\'s that?

Benito, come again. What\'s that?

She\'s gone back to the boy.

Have your men stand down. He\'s got a civilian with him.

Repeat, civilian at risk. Hold your position.

I still got a shot.

This is Lieutenant Franklin. I direct all units to stand down!

This is my show.

Okay, you didn\'t hurt nobody. You don\'t know that.

You hear an ambulance? Here, let me see.

Let me see. Let me look.

Okay. Okay.

You want me to call 911?

I can see if anyone was hurt, okay?

Yeah. Okay. Okay. Okay.

Hello? Kendra. I\'m here.

Can you... We need to know if the gunman\'s hurt anyone.

Okay. All right. Hold on. I\'m gonna ask.

Okay, she\'s checking. She\'s checking.

You\'ve got to tell them to back up.

Can you please tell the officers to back up, please?

Okay, I\'ll tell them.

It\'s okay. That\'s a lot of blood.

They\'re gonna stitch you right up.

Hospital gonna stitch that right up. Don\'t worry about it.

Okay, ma\'am? Kendra?

No one was injured.

Okay, there were no injuries. You see? No injuries.

I don\'t want to hurt kids. I don\'t want to hurt any kids.

Okay, the police checked. I didn\'t wanna kill the kids.

I know. He said he... I like kids.

I know. He didn\'t want to hurt the kids.

Can you hear me?

Okay, she\'s telling them right now. She\'s telling them.

I should shoot myself right now.

Hold my hand. Come on. Hold my hand. I should just shoot myself.

What? Don\'t get overwhelmed.

I should shoot myself right now.

Okay, he says he didn\'t want to hurt any of the children.

Please, don\'t do this. Please don\'t.

I should kill myself right now! No, please!

You don\'t know what it\'s like. You don\'t know what it\'s like.

Please, put the gun down. Please, put the gun down.

I should pull the trigger and put a bullet in my brain.

No one would give a shit!

All right. Okay. What\'s your name?

Stop asking me that!

Listen. Listen to me.

I know how you feel. I came...

I came to work this morning. I was at my desk,

and I wanted to kill myself, too, you know?

The bank called. They\'re taking my house.

I\'ve got a little business. They want to take that, my car.

There\'s just so many bills. So many bills.

Derrick, he was just in the hospital. He almost died.

Terry was supposed to be there, too.

They said that I\'ve got to come up with $14,000.

The bank said I have to come up with $14,000.

Where the hell am I gonna come up with $14,000?

The Bible tells us, "Be steadfast, unmovable."

We need each other.

Now, listen to me.

As bad as it seems right now,

we can\'t see what the future has in store, you know?

This morning, I was sitting in my office.

I was asking the Lord... I was like,

"Lord, why would you do this to me?

"Why I got to go through this all the time?

"Why me?"

It was all for this.

For this moment right here with you and me.

This is where he was taking us.

Right here, right now.

We\'re gonna make it out of this together.

You hear me?

Okay, okay, how about this?

How about...

How about we walk out of here arm in arm?

You\'ve got me. I\'ve got you. I\'ll keep you safe.

Yeah?

Okay. Okay.

Okay.

Hello, Kendra?

Will you ask the police if I can walk out of this building

with this young man, side by side?

He would like to negotiate a surrender.

Okay, okay, hold on. Let me... Let me ask.

I am locked on the target. Repeat, I am locked on the target.

Awaiting go.

Commander? Can I have the go-ahead?

Tell everyone I\'m sorry.

And, uh...

You can use that speaker thing.

I didn\'t want to scare kids.

Kendra?

He wants me to go on the school intercom and tell everyone he\'s sorry.

Okay.

That\'s good.

Okay.

Hello, everyone.

This is Antoinette Tuff,

again.

The intruder who came into our school,

he wants to tell you all that he\'s very sorry for frightening you.

He wanted you all to know that he didn\'t mean any harm.

We all go through difficult times.

Everybody, go out that door as safely as you possibly can. Go, go, go.

He\'s having one of those times.

It\'s how we handle these times that define who we are.

He just wanted to let you all know he\'s sorry.

This way. Come on.

All right. Hurry up now. Come on, guys.

Is it over?

We would\'ve gotten word.

Sir, we\'re seeing kids being escorted out.

How we doing?

Hold your position. We\'re working on it.

Roger that.

I\'ve been to this school once

with a band.

I played the drums.

Really?

Called The Inner Dreams.

Wait a minute.

I remember you guys.

Y\'all had on red, like, matching shirts.

You were playing the drums together.

I remember.

Y\'all sounded good. Really good.

Thank you.

Maybe we don\'t have to go out there.

You know, you can call them and tell them...

You need to tell them I\'ll put my gun on the counter,

and I\'ll lay down with my hands behind my back or...

They can come in.

Would you just stay and watch me?

Sure, I will.

Did you hear that, Kendra?

Could you hear this young man?

Yes, ma\'am. I heard him.

All right. We got a deal.

Our man\'s giving himself up. Keep your eyes on him.

Roger that.

My B and C can move up the corridor.

I\'m gonna keep snipers hot, just in case.

Okay. Tell him they said okay.

They said okay.

Cops are liars.

Okay, so what do you want to do with your weapon?

Do you want to put it right here, on the counter in front of me?

Kendra, would it be okay if he did that?

Tell him, yes, he can do that.

They said yes. You can do that.

Great.

Tell him it\'s on his call.

They\'ll come in when you\'re set.

Hey...

This is a good thing, what you\'re doing.

Okay, the gunman is down on his knees,

and he\'s put his gun on the counter.

He got up again. He got up.

Can I have the go-ahead?

Don\'t shoot.

Tell them do not shoot.

It\'s a cell phone.

Keep him in your sights.

The cell phone might control an explosive device.

Hi, Mom.

I\'m turning myself in. I just wanted to let you know.

Okay. Now, he cannot have that phone when they come in that room.

The police says you cannot have that cell phone

anywhere near you when they come in.

I\'ve still got the shot.

You ready?

He\'s ready.

My name is Michael Hill.

Thank you, Michael Hill.

It\'s a really good thing you\'re doing.

Sometimes,

our purpose in life is just to surrender.

This is God\'s plan right here.

You and me, just guiding each other through this moment,

together.

I want you to know I love you, and I\'m proud of you, Michael.

- Don\'t move! - Stay down!

Stay on the ground! Hands behind his back.

Watch his hands! Hands where we can see them.

Hurry, hurry. Check the gun.

Stay on the floor.

Let\'s go. Go.

Other hand. You have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.

You have the right to an attorney.

Antoinette? Antoinette, are you still there?

Hello?

Oh, baby. I ain\'t never been so scared all the days of my life.

Me, either. But you did great.

Ms. Tuff, are you okay? Oh, boy.

Yes, ma\'am.

I don\'t know. Wait.

Okay. Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Okay.

You did great.

What\'s going on over there?

One of the dogs got a hit on something in the gunman\'s car.

That\'s my car, the one parked next to his.

I\'ve got him from here.

Thank you.

Mommy! Dad!

Hey!

Mama! Mama! Mommy! Mama!

I\'m okay.

Are you okay? I\'m all right.

We\'re all okay. I\'m okay.

Oh, my God.

We missed you.

I love you!

Oh, my God.

Thank you, Lord. We\'re okay.

We\'re all okay.

We\'re okay, babies.

Oh, thank you, Lord.

God is real. It wasn\'t me.

It wasn\'t nothing that I did that was so special.

I feel like I helped somebody in need,

that God was able to use me.

I was terrified, but I just started praying,

knowing that, if I got as hysterical as I was on the inside on the outside,

that he would wind up panicking.

At one point, I just started feeling sorry for him.

You know, he should\'ve went to the hospital,

and, you know, he hadn\'t taken his medicine in a while.

So I knew that I wasn\'t actually speaking to someone

that was in their right state of mind.

And I knew that I could help somebody.

Somebody... God sent people, my pastor,

and people and friends and family

in my path to help me through.

And I knew, at that point in time,

that he needed me, and I was the only person there.

Will you just say to me one more time, "Baby, everything\'s gonna be okay?"

Baby, everything\'s gonna be okay.

Thank you so much.

You are so welcome. You are so welcome.