Georgia is required by law to hold active shooter drills. When an active shooter arrived at Apalachee High School this week, that training kicked in for many teachers and students there.
In a gut-wrenching account shared widely on social media, Jennifer Carter, who for more than 20 years has taught Spanish at the school in Winder, Georgia, described her horrific experience of putting into motion her preparation for a moment she hoped would never come.
“It was the worst 20 minutes of my career,” she wrote in a post on Facebook late Wednesday night, hours after the attack.
The violent attack left two students and two teachers dead and nine others injured. When the attack began, Carter said she initially told the students it was just a drill in order to keep students calm.
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