Unpleasant, necessary preparation
March 4, 2010 | Virginia News
At 1:02 Friday afternoon, shots rang out in the front foyer of Orange County High School. Within seconds, three students lay gravely injured. A fourth victim, a teacher, lay screaming and crying in the hallway, begging for help. Another teacher lay sprawled around the corner. Shell casings littered the hallway around her.
Five minutes later, Orange County officers were pounding through the hallways, securing the area as shots rang out on the second floor above. Across town at the Taylor Education Administration Complex, superintendent Dr. Bob Grimesey made the call alerting school officials that there was a “live” shooter at the school.
Thankfully, what happened at Orange County High School on Friday was just a simulation drill. However, the above situation has been an unfortunate reality throughout the nation, forever changing the lives of the students, teachers and community members affected. It is because of this reality that Orange County law enforcement officials decided to hold an active shooter drill and hostage negotiation drill at Orange County High School on Friday.
