Claire Harbage/NPR

I actually thought to myself during the shooting, ‘Oh, this is news. This is a big deal.’ Not in a victim-y way but in a newsy way. I was recognizing in real time that it was a news story, and I was surprised that news judgment occupied any brain space at all during that moment.
Rachael Pacella
Rachael Pacella tried to escape from the newsroom during the shooting but tripped and fell. She then hid behind a filing cabinet.