They moved us inside the stadium for bit while he was in Fred Meyer. Weird day. Guess they got him out in Gresham.
They got him. He shot and killed a security guard at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and wounded a second person. He drove out to Gresham where he was pulled over and taken out by the cops.
Damn that's scary. After just spending 6 straight days at a hospital I can't imagine having to go through that on top of everything.
Oh yeah, gift of childbirth. Just had a long stay because it was earlier than expected. Everyone is healthy!
It was actually really interesting to see how people react when they are told that there is an active shooter outside our tv truck. People who haven’t been in that situation, don’t really know how they will handle it. Unfortunately growing up in my neighborhood in the late 80s….there was quite a bit of gun violence and death. At our school and surrounding areas. So when we were being escorted out of the TV truck and into the stadium, the security guards took us TOWARD the last place this shooter was seen. We were 300 yards away…. Sounds cliche’, but my Army MP training kinda did take over. I asked him if we, as group of 15 people, should be walking TOWARDS the threat we are being evacuated from. He looked at me and said, “good point”. Turned us around and thru the back door. People always say they will handle that situation a certain way…… stranger than people think. Wish this dude hadn’t got his hands on a gun……..
So glad we're out of the woods and the blue lights are off him. Just gotta keep putting on the weight, now. I'm drinking protein shakes during our 2am feedings in solidarity haha
Scary stuff. My wife had complications so I was double worried about both. He was in NICU for a week. Amazing when my son finally came home. I had spent a lot of time putting his nursery together. Lot of 2am feeds in there in the rocking chair. I used to rock him and sing, what a wonderful world after and he would go right back to sleep. Sometimes, I'd fall asleep with him in my arms in the rocking chair. It's all downhill from here man. Your son is home and he will only grow and get healthier and life will be good. Enjoy the memories!
Very similar, my wife had some light complications. We just barely avoided the NICU, a feeding tube wasn't ruled out for quite a while. He's back to his birth weight now though! Thanks for the well wishes, CC. I'm soaking it up and loving every second! Now, back to the topic at hand. Will my son have to start going through active shooter drills when he starts school in a few years? I think he will, which saddens me deeply.
Almost certainly. Until we improve our social policies. There is no possible way to get hundreds of millions of unmarked guns off the streets in our lifetimes. Unfortunately that's just a reality we'll have to live with until we get serious about taking care of our population...
Doesn't HAVE to be a reality for me.. home school and private school is always an option. There are tradeoffs for everything, we'll see how it plays out.
