'It happened so fast' | Wounded Robb Elementary School teacher Arnie Reyes describes mass shooting

Arnie Reyes was shot twice and underwent multiple surgeries before returning home last week.

[@janedee6126]

You can tell he's a kind man who loved his students

[@peterpettigrew4410]

The way he speaks about him knowing he wasn’t gonna survive gives me chills. This man died that day and a new one was born.

[@latinaforever4892]

😢💔🙏

[@meka8953]

YES THIS IS AWFUL AND THE AMOUNT OF IGNORANT PEOPLE SAYING MEAN THINGS TOWARDS HIM IS RIDICULOUS.... I PRAY FOR HIS PEACE AND HEALING BECAUSE HE'S VERY TRAUMATIZED

[@phajeb001]

Don’t blame yourself Arnie. You are a teacher and a hero in my book. Courage in the face of darkness. Without you kids wouldn’t have anyone to look up to. Now we all look up to you! Be a teacher.

[@itsallmyfault264]

A hero for what? All the kids in his class died.. he played dead on the floor while the shooter picked off each one of the kids in his class

[@sheilaherrera5839]

This is awful being questioned like this when this teacher is having a hard time talking about it. This man is alive for a purpose and I hope he fights for his past students to get JUSTICE!

[@cf4880]

Shimone cares about them. He is just trying to help do what the man wants, to get his story out so that something good comes out of it.

[@LmtdShady]

I know. But we need to hear it. Everyone needs to see it and hear it.

[@joegomes1352]

I'm sure he's not being made or forced to do this

[@Minnevan]

@@joegomes1352definitely not, I can’t imagine this will ever NOT be painful for him to recount though

[@adrisandoval8146]

The pain in this teachers voice. The sadness in his eyes. It's heartbreaking to watch.

[@sheilaherrera5839]

As a teacher you feel accountable for your students and I can't imagine how you feel right now. This was out of your control. I pray that you find peace. We will never understand why.

[@latinaforever4892]

Well said !! Why ?? 😢💔🙏

[@enochia]

I respect this man so much. He is incredibly strong and pulling through. I can't imagine being a teacher and being shot and then hopelessly watching as your kids meet the same fate. I couldn't live with myself if that happened to me.

[@PD-eh5dd]

This was so traumatic and the media has no compassion why keep asking questions he shouldn't even have to answer.

[@No_Sistina]

Well, it was CNN sooo....

[@saulcamacho1467]

I would like to see one of the to many officers get questioned why they didn't get in

[@pineapplelord2422]

they should keep asking for details to make sure everything aligns and this news doesn't die cuz if it does then everything would be swept under the rug

[@user-hx7mi7ml8u]

This interviewer is asking insensitive and inappropriate questions. 😠

[@river8760]

This is a level of trauma that will be extremely challenging to manage, so completely horrific. I think about this teacher a lot. He’s so compassionate and he deserves everything good in life.

[@crystalflores7430]

My heart goes out to you Mr Reyes 😣

[@MsJanetWood]

😔💔It's sad. He froze. Most of us have never heard a semi-automatic assault rifle, so we probably wouldn't be able to tell what was going on either. It's sad because the parents are under the false impression that if the EMTs had gotten there soon, their kids would be alive, but that simply is not true. The only reason Mr. Reyes is alive, it is because he was overweight, and his body fat protected his vital organs like a bullet proof vest.

[@MsJanetWood]

THE SCIENTIFIC FACTS: According to Cynthia Bir, a professor of research surgery at the University of Southern California *There's going to be a lot more damage to the tissues, both bones, organs, whatever gets kind of even near this bullet path. The bones aren't going to just break; they're going to shatter. Organs aren't just going to tear or have bruises on them; they're going to be, parts of them are going to be destroyed.* After an AR-15 style rifle bullet blasts a large cavity through soft tissue, blood pressure then pumps that cavity with blood, causing many victims of AR-15 shots to bleed out *BEFORE rescue workers can reach them* *Injury from a SEMI-AUTOMATIC ASSAULT RIFLE is potentially lethal* What the AR-15 does to the human body and why it's different from the wounds created by a handgun. Most emergency rooms haven't had to treat victims who've been shot with an AR-15 style rifle. "It is a whole different kind of injury," 60 Minutes producer Ashley Velie tells 60 Minutes Overtime's Ann Silvio.. "When you're hit with an AR-15 bullet, most people die fairly quickly from bleeding out." _Based on the 60 MINUTES news story, entitled HIGH VELOCITY, reported by Scott Pelley and produced by Ashley Velie, and a CBS NEWS article written for 60 MINUTES OVERTIME, entitled LEARNING TO STOP THE BLEED written by Brit McCandles Farmer. (August 18, 2019)_

[@meka8953]

And THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE BLAMING THIS MAN IS REALLY AWFUL THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO GET FULLY GET IT TOGETHER BECAUSE HE SNUCK UP ON THEM AS YOU SAID MOST PEOPLE HAVE NEVER HEARD THAT LOUD GUN GO OFF LET ALONE BEEN HIT BY THE AWFUL BULLETS YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'LL DO IN A SITUATION LIKE THID

[@MsJanetWood]

@@meka8953 He only had seconds, and he froze. If he had only told the kids, "LET'S ALL QUIETLY RUN OUT OF THE ROOM," and they all could have escaped to freedom!

[@Gaslighting.isntreal]

​@@MsJanetWoodhe was in the classroom with his students he tried to protect. The shooter was in the halls that the students would've had to exited from.

[@MsJanetWood]

@@Gaslighting.isntreal At one point, the shooter was in the other classroom, Mr. Reyes and his entire class could have exited out the other door and into the hall and ran outside! RUN, RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!

[@debbieweaver7759]

God bless you sir!! You DID survive for a reason!

[@christakaratza9670]

This is a sweet sentiment and I know it comes from love but parents reading this might take it as his life was worth more than their kids, just be careful who you say it too they already have so much hurt

[@whonoseanyway9242]

How come he didn't bleed to death. Does it sound like he was shot in the lung with an AR15?

[@drogon2339]

This man tried he really tried while outside of that class room over 20 cowardly policemen did NOTHING!! Nothing!! They let all those little angels die because they are cowards

[@Gaslighting.isntreal]

You have to understand that those officers had a risk of their life too. If you were in that situation, could you charge in?

[@Dharmarenee]

This was triggering for me I was shot in the Army by “friendly fire” and my mind and body could not make the link.

[@AbiZolanski]

This is horrific, wow.

[@patriciamiles3814]

He prayed that’s beautiful 🙏🏽💗❤️

[@kathryngentz1601]

God bless you Mr. Reyes. You did everything you could to protect those children in your classroom. My heart breaks for you. You're a hero in my eyes. My thoughts and prayers are with you 🙏 ❤️

[@itsallmyfault264]

Did he though? 🤔

[@despinak9720]

@@itsallmyfault264 What else could he have done? There’s no way he could’ve prevented the shooter from killing all those kids, he did only what he could

[@itsallmyfault264]

@@despinak9720 he did less than he could have done, he did only what he needed for self preservation. He literally couldn't have done any less than he did 🤷‍♀️

[@despinak9720]

@@itsallmyfault264 I understand what you’re saying I’m just curious as to what you think he could’ve done better. It all happened so fast. They were in a classroom there probably weren’t many places to hide the kids.

[@itsallmyfault264]

@@despinak9720 well, he could have shielded as many children as possible with his body. He could have tried to take the guy down, try to knock him out, tackle him, wrestle the gun away from him. He is a big guy, it probably would have cost him his life but he most likely would have succeeded and saved at least some of those kids. Instead of doing any of that, he laid on the floor and pretended to be dead while listening to him gun down more and more children 🤷‍♀️ Cowardly if you ask me. Definitely not a hero, Definitely didn't do everything he could have. If it were me I would have died trying everything and anything in my power to save them, to take him down. I know unequivocally that I would not be leaving that classroom alive surrounded by dead children

[@badass1g]

This man was more courageous then the 400 men outside the door.

[@normaruiz7690]

Prayers for your healing ❤️‍🩹

[@joegomes1352]

What this man went thru,omg I hope he is OK in the future, cuz I don't think I could maintain

[@latinaforever4892]

God bless you Sr. 🙏💕🙏 get well soon !!

[@LizBeLike_]

It should be mandatory that every school has bulletproof glass & an armed guard. Another smart idea would be for all students to have a key fob to enter the classroom and the windows on the classsroom doors NEED to be bulletproof. In every single school in the nation. It’s crucial. This is getting absolutely ridiculous & out of hand.

[@cleanspirit8186]

It sounds necessary to allow teachers to carry, or at least have armed security at all entrances. Coded security doors may help as well. Schools have to be treated as locked down facility to be safe now. SMH

[@IrinaGomes0209]

Yeah. Guns to fight guns, the old American logic. Seriously how do you not hear yourself. maybe not allow ANYONE to get automatic riffles like the one the gun man had bc you absolutely do not need that for anything in life other than to mass murdering.

[@Qui5ed]

Tbh all schools need to have bulletproof glass and a system where all the doors can be locked with a single click of a button and like a shade of some sort so the shooter can't see in but the teachers can see out so they can see when it's self to get out

[@Dharmarenee]

We have officers who cannot even shoot straight and you want a teacher to bear the responsibility of having to shoot into a crowd of students and take out a perpetrator. The first time that teacher kills an innocent child he/she will be roasted alive not to mention the guilt. Should we require nurses,doctors,surgeons,priests to be armed as well. Shooting a stationary paper target once a month is no substitute for living breathing moving flesh. The solution is staring us in the face and it has nothing to do with less guns. We just can’t see.😔

[@danielbenitez6985]

Yup. Maybe issue students a key faab. And have all classroom doors locked during class time for god sakes

[@TheJackson4eva]

Make the schools prisons or stop these people from getting guns?

[@SarahJaneFox-rh5tw]

Just the sweetest most beautiful soul.

[@danielbenitez6985]

If government won't invest on gun control.. what they need to invest in, in these times, is an armed guard at all school entrances. And during class-time all doors must be locked. The shooter walked right into this classroom cause it was the closest classroom with the doors wide open.

[@Minnevan]

I hope he has people to talk to. His therapists are going to be needing therapists..

[@alet4054]

I wonder what he has to say now since the Mandy Gutierrez Robb elem principal said that the door was working fine. Mr. Reyes please speak up again.

[@chocolatecoveredgummybears]

My left ear really enjoyed this video

[@AlexHernandez-ye4xr]

He can fight for his angels he knows those cops were cowards it was not a barricaded situation those cops were just too cowards to go in no excuses like you said no excuses they had everything bulletproof vest Shields and guns those cowards should never be allowed to hold those things ever again you had all that to stop and active shooter that just disgusts me so much that these kids had no protection no security breaks my heart

[@angelicbonita4140]

This beyond rude this is awful interviewing Listen how he ask these questions like dude

[@Impala7672]

He never tried to run as the coward police officers did

[@toni.b604]

He didn't hear any screaming?? God this is aweful. Our only choice is to strap up an be ready. No body enters a gun fight! They go for those times were no one has a gun. Time to get guns and ubderstand guns again.

[@whonoseanyway9242]

Exactly!! Ramos spent at least a hundred rounds before he went into Reyes class. This is BS

[@ThePhoenixSol]

A locked door would have helped

[@someoneout-there2165]

They're driving around out there pretending they're not engaging in criminal activity. LOL

[@anapilarbenitezramos6882]

Why didn't you all think about the windows, there were other entrances, I know fear incapacitated, but we must think out of the box...as soon as shots were fired and heard,that was the time to react,staying in a classroom and hiding under or behind tables is not an option...

[@Qui5ed]

Listen to him. He said himself he didn't think it was gun shots until that monster was right there he didn't have time to break open the windows. And to be fair the last school shooting happened in 2019 I'm sure and he's In a elementary school it's fair that he didn't and couldn't believe thst it was gunshots

[@BlkSpice]

His employer literally trained him to get on the ground under the desk and wait for help. They don’t teach to run

[@jamesabraham6306]

He followed procedure to pretend to sleep 😴 💤 if a gun man next door you would probably get out of harms way but everybody different 🤔

[@Teri_B.]

In looking thru the comments, I'm either the only one who finds this interview really odd, or others feel the same way but their comments have been deleted or shadow banned. 🤔👻🤐

[@Galaxie08]

Other than the reporter being insensitive, nothing's odd. Go troll elsewhere.

[@Teri_B.]

@@Galaxie08 Trolling? Leftists = accuse others of what they do. 🙃👨‍💻👋

[@Galaxie08]

@@Teri_B. LOL, you GOP cultists are constantly denying and projecting. Stay in your alternate reality.

[@whonoseanyway9242]

EVERYTHING is odd about this event.

[@luisramrod9121]

How can a God allow this?

[@johnrogers9481]

Right! A few years ago I saw on the news of a huge tornado went through a small Midwest town. They interviewed a young man whose house was completely wiped off the earth! The guy said, "well the good lord wanted it, and the good lord took it". Wow, what blind belief on something never ever seen by him or by anyone he has ever known or anyone they all have ever known.! Wow, I don't understand why LORD ZEUS does these things, eh!? But cheer up eh, santa is coming again, soon.

[@cruisingmimi9319]

There are so many mysteries about God and why bad things happen to good people. Though we don’t have all the answers in this world, we have to understand every human, once born and independent, has free will. Free will to choose right over wrong, free will to serve others, free will to steal and destroy. The Bible teaches “in the last days, men will be lovers of themselves...”. Friends, these are times we live in where I believe demonic activity is infilling those who are weak and have opened themselves up to evil. Times where we need to be on guard and equipped for the day we live. I know it is hard to understand, but I encourage each person to seek answers and give The Bible the chance to answer. Find a good Church where you live or leader(s) in Bible Scripture online like Jack Hibbs who explains and breaks down MODERN TIMES with Ancient Scripture. He has a series “Real Life” and “ What’s Happening Now” that are excellent. I encourage you and share blessings from California. God says “Seek and you shall find, knock and the door shall be opened to you”.

[@dz7a756]

@@johnrogers9481 Be sure of this...this shooter had the free will choice to do good or to do evil...he chose evil. This didn't happen overnight...he was exposed to and adopted wrong philosophies in his head as well as his dark heart. Could God have stopped this....sure. Why He didn't, I do not know. But I know God and His son Jesus Christ are good and loving inspite of us humans doing our very best to bring chaos and confusion into an already broken world. But here's the good news...even in the midst of our mess, there's still an opportunity for redemption and salvation. You can seek the Lord with your questions while He may be found. Be well and be at peace.

[@Aduysvmncmkouyf]

Y’all don’t understand, God gave us free will.

[@masonglore3193]

Little beta right there. Didnt fight or nothing. Was hearing the shots. Didn’t grab stuff and get ready for a fight or nothing

[@Thelordismyshephard50]

As bad as it sounds now a days as it is and has been for many other times there has been shootings, it’s time for teachers to bare fire arms secured in their classrooms to where they can have access to for situations like this. Police not always will make it intime to help and when they do like in this case some don’t do anything. It’s sad but it needs to happen to where all teachers in every classrooms have locked firearms so they can defend their children and themselves from monsters that enter or break in. It wouldn’t be a bad idea if there is a bullet proof closet for every classroom too. But that’s just a dream of mine. So no other innocent children and teachers die like this.

[@Teri_B.]

Some states allow teachers to carry a firearm or have one secured in their classroom. Most schools are requiring bulletproof windows on classroom doors. There's a place in every classroom where students & teachers can hide against a wall & not be seen thru the window on the door. Unfortunately, most teachers & students aren't aware of it, so it will now be included in their safety training. Lastly, a guy invented a bookcase that's attached/clipped to the wall beside the classroom door. If a teacher or student realizes someone has entered the school with a gun or weapon, they can unclip the bookcase, & slide & turn it 90° where it blocks the classroom door. It's heavy, made of steel (or another bulletproof material) & denies entry into the classroom. Other safety measures are being implemented, like having only one monitored & surveilled entrance & exit, installing doors that lock automatically & implementing strict protocols that must be followed at ALL times by school personnel. They also encourage ALL parents to request a copy of their school's safety protocols, then test them on random occasions. For instance, a parent can drop off their child, run an errand or have breakfast, then go back to the school. They can see how easy or difficult it is to access different areas of campus, test doors to make sure they're locked, & ensure there's only one monitored entrance to each building. PTL there are organizations & individuals who work fulltime to come up with solutions, invent products, implement safety measures, provide training for teachers & students, work with LEOs, & do everything they possibly can to keep children safe at school. 🇺🇸🙏🏼💞

[@dz7a756]

The average teacher is not designed to carry a firearm or even how to use it well. On top of all the teaching requirements that have to keep up with for teaching children, do you really believe most will have the capacity to keep up with the ongoing requirements to carry a firearm? It's a recipe for disaster. Be well and be at peace.

[@Teri_B.]

@@dz7a756 It's voluntary. Only teachers who want to be armed, have been trained & feel comfortable handling a firearm will be allowed to carry or have one secured in their classroom. It will also be something that's kept confidential, so students won't know which teachers or school personnel have them. There are a lot of teachers & school personnel who own guns & feel like sitting ducks on school campuses that are gun-free zones. They have the right to defend themselves, like we all do, & to defend school children. If they feel more comfortable, safe & secure having a firearm with them at school, they should be allowed to have one. 🇺🇸🙏🏼💞

[@barbarataylor8101]

It happened so fast, but you call everyone cowards.

[@MsJanetWood]

Yup! Talk about UNGRATEFUL! He refers to the BRAVE, HEROIC LATINO OFFICERS who SAVED his LIFE as "COWARDS"!

[@jenniferoney1180]

IF THIS TEACHER HAD A GUN HE COULD HAVE SHOT THE SHOOTER SOON AS THE SHOOTER OPENED THE CLASS ROOM DOOR ! THIS IS WHY THERE SHOULD BE SOME TEACHERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO CARRY A GUN IN SCHOOL , HOPEFULLY THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE TO USE IT , BUT IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS WHERE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT WERE COWARDS , THESE CHILDREN COULD HAVE BEEN SPARED THEIR PRECIOUS LIVES !

[@IrinaGomes0209]

Are you gonna pay those teachers more to do cops jobs too?

[@Qui5ed]

There were cops that were there but those cowards ran away as soon as he shot at them

[@saenza1113]

If 20+ TRAINED MEN WERE PUSSIES AND COULDN’T SAVE the kids , do you really think a teacher could do it?!

[@ryomagaaracielfai]

No offense, but teachers do not need guns to teach or while teaching children. They are teachers and not trained people to arm guns while teaching. How about strict security in schools or, better yet, stricter gun laws for these shootings to be avoided?

[@daliinq9325]

youre saying this but shouldnt a cop do that?? why didnt they shoot instead?

[@w1599]

Had he been carrying a gun himself he could have protected children. But they want to take good guys guns away while criminals will get them any way possible.

[@Thelordismyshephard50]

As bad as it sounds I think it’s time for teachers to have the right to carry fire arms or some sort of weapon to always try to save their kids and themselves evacuee police can’t get there on time and when they do in this case they don’t do anything. Sadly it is more preferable for teachers to have fire arms locked up and have access to it near them in their classrooms.

[@TheVallejoSisters]

@@Thelordismyshephard50 what about the kids that will steal them or criminals making that a easy way to get one as well just stealing it or can just make the situation alot worse with bullets flying everywhere cause some people don't like guns as much as other people done people have made them toys now more than ever why don't talk and teach like they use too a man or woman don't need a gun to prove a point . anymore

[@rubyoro0]

Aaron, your “good guys with guns” proved to be false. Let it go.

[@Teri_B.]

@@TheVallejoSisters It's the teacher's choice. If they take classes & feel comfortable handling a firearm, they should absolutely be able to have one in their classroom. It would be secured so students wouldn't have access, & it'd be confidential so they wouldn't know which teachers have them. ALL school personnel should be able to have a gun on campus if they're properly trained & feel comfortable with one. In gun free zones, everyone but the criminal is a sitting duck. There will be far fewer incidents on school campuses if criminals know there are personnel with firearms. If they're surrounded by an unknown number of good guys with guns who will act immediately, they'll think twice before acting themselves. They go where there's a vunerable population for a reason, & gun free zones are their #1 target. Every state needs to honor the Constitution & allow Constitutional Carry. States & cities with the strictest gun control laws have the most incidents of violent acts committed with firearms. An armed society is a polite society. 😊 ALWAYS protect our 2nd Amendment at ALL cost. 🇺🇸🙏🏼💞

[@Thundernymph]

This is the stupidest thing ever. I don’t understand you Americans. Teachers are not protectors. They have enough on their plate.

[@mrrooney9450]

This man did nothing. Watched his kids get killed. A coward and then is going around talking about it.

[@KosiOW]

Are you high? He got shot with an AR-15 and lost 70 percent of his blood. The hell are you talking about? He did his best. He was a victim as well. What was he supposed to do, ninja takedown the shooter?

[@mrrooney9450]

@@KosiOW he was the only teacher that left his classroom door open. Wide open. The killer was firing numerous rounds outside. The teacher who quickly shut the door outside ran thru the hallways saying the shooter had a gun. why the dumb mother fucker left his class room door wide open is a question he needs to be asked. but I will tellyou they WILL be coming for him. The rage mob will be coming for him i will guarantee you that

[@Aduysvmncmkouyf]

Tf is he gonna do against an ar-15 dumbfuck

[@Aduysvmncmkouyf]

@@whonoseanyway9242 you’ve never been in this situation before

[@univang1852]

As much sympathy for this teacher...he failed that day also. Take some accountability Mr. You've trained for school shootings the min you hear loud bangs is the seconds you need to lock down and protect your students. Just a tragedy all around that day.

[@Thundernymph]

And this is why you need to ban these weapons. You’re comment is pure ignorance.

[@a.b.5473]

you must have lost your mind

[@Galaxie08]

Wow. Get lost, troll. Unbelievable. 😡👎🏻

[@TheOriginalCFA1979]

Yea he should have locked the broken lock! That would have stopped someone with a gun! Moron.

[@Galaxie08]

@Aj Jayman Get lost. He is a teacher; he CHOSE to become a teacher, not a cop, not a sniper, not LE in any capacity. Leave that man alone. 👎🏻😠