The young girl informs the police dispatcher, "I'm in room 112." "Please move quickly. There are numerous dead bodies.
The strong appeal is delivered at 12:10 p.m. Khloie Torres, then 10 years old, made a call when she was stuck inside Robb Elementary School with a shooter who had killed two of her teachers and friends. Khloie, who is now 11 years old, has survived.
"Please seek aid. I want to live. My professor is deceased. God, oh God.
The law enforcement officers in Uvalde, Texas, who are rushing to the school by the dozen and shortly to number in the hundreds, receive the message from the dispatcher.
The adolescent entered the building and fired his way into rooms 111 and 112 more than 30 minutes ago.
And it takes another 40 minutes after Khloie provided the authorities with the information before a strike team stormed the room at 12:50 p.m. and engaged the shooter.
CNN has overheard this 911 call as well as others from the same girl and her classmates, who were whispering details and screaming for assistance. It's the call that ought to have dispelled any uncertainty or doubt that the juvenile shooter was present, moving between the two adjoining classrooms, and that kids were confined, hurt, and in need of rescue.
Law enforcement's response has been criticised virtually entirely from beginning to end. Since the shooting on May 24, agencies have blamed one another for different versions of events, including failing to respond after the shooter opened fire in the classroom, treating the suspect as barricaded but not a serious threat, and having to wait a long time for equipment and specialised personnel.
Even though at least one adult and one child did not pass away right away, that day saw the deaths of 19 kids and two teachers. Col. Steven McCraw, director of the Department of Public Safety in Texas, is the state's senior law enforcement official. He has admitted to mistakes, most notably last week to bereaved families, but he argued that his department as a whole did not fail the community.
The calls were received by CNN from a source, and Khloie's parents have given their permission for CNN to use parts. Additionally, CNN informed the relatives of those killed in the atrocity that this article would be published.
As a former Marine, Khloie's father, Ruben Torres, acknowledged the difficulty of providing accurate information when under fire. He described his daughter's actions that day as "simply fantastic." "None of them had bravery that day," he claimed of the adults who reacted.
