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AND SOME SAID THEY COULDN'T
SCHOOL.
WE HAVE LOCAL REACTION.
TOM, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE
AFFECTS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
CONNECTICUT ARE BEING FELT ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY.
HERE AT HAMPTON ROAD IT'S NO
DIFFERENT.
AROUND 3:00 IS WHEN SCHOOL LET
OUT AND WE STARTED TO SEE
EMOTIONS.
WE SAW PARENTS SHOWING UP WITH
TEARS IN THEIR EYES HUGGING EACH
OTHER.
OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THEM JUST OVER
COME WITH THAT EMOTION EVEN
THOUGH THIS TRAGEDY HAPPENED
MORE THAN 400 MILES AWAY.
IT HIT TOO CLOSE TO HOME FOR
MANY PARENTS.
MANY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW AND IF THEY'RE GOING TO TELL
THEIR LITTLE ONES ABOUT THE
SHOOTING, AND IF THEY DO, WHAT
DO YOU SAY TO THEM?
WHAT MAKES IT SO SCARY IS THE
ANYWHERE.
WE WANT TO REMEMBER THE OLD
DAYS AND EVERYTHING WAS SAFE NO
MATTER WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
BUT THE WORLD TODAY IS JUST A
DIFFERENT PLACE.
YOU NEVER KNOW.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IS THE LAST
TIME YOU MIGHT SAY GOODBYE TO
SOMEONE.
IT'S HEARTBREAKING, IT'S
HORRIBLE.
MANY WERE PATTING EACH OTHER ON
THE HOUSE AND BLESS OUR KIDS,
SAFE.
YEAH, AFTER THE SHOOTING
NORFOLK POLICE DECIDED TO PUT
PATROL CARS IN FRONT OF EVERY
SINGLE SCHOOL IN THE CITY.
THEY TELL ME THERE WAS NOT A
THREAT, BUT THE DEPARTMENT
PRESENCE.
I CHECKED WITH OUR SCHOOL
DISTRICTS AND THEY HAVE
THIS EVENT.
THEY EVEN GO THROUGH MOCK DRILLS
OF A MASS SHOOTING, AND THEY DO
THAT ONCE A YEAR.
I SPOKE WITH AN OFFICIAL WHO
TELLS ME THAT THIS INCIDENT HAS
GOT TO SERVE AS AN EYE OPENER,
AND IT REALLY IS A GOOD TIME TO
POLICIES.