Victims' Parents Take School Safety Into Own Hands
Ted Hochhalter nearly lost a daughter at Columbine. John-Michael and Ellen Keyes lost a daughter at another school shooting near the Colorado mountain town of Bailey.
They don't want other parents to be as helpless as they were. So they're starting a program to get parents involved in their children's schools, to be extra eyes and ears for school security, and to be ready to respond when a school emergency occurs — be it a storm, a mountain lion that forces a lockdown, or a shooting attack.
"The first response community — and I'm talking law enforcement, EMS, fire and also emergency managers — their plates are so full. One of the missing components of their efforts has been community awareness and preparedness," said Hochhalter, a former emergency management specialist...
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