Coverage dated June 1, 2022

A dying Uvalde teacher was on the phone with her husband - a school police officer whose boss decided not to enter her classroom, report says

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After the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, first-grade teacher Kelsey Vidal posted a series of TikToks hoping to inspire safety ideas for others.

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  1. KVIA El Paso

    A dying Uvalde teacher was on the phone with her husband - a school police officer whose boss decided not to enter her classroom, report says (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    After the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, first-grade teacher Kelsey Vidal posted a series of TikToks hoping to inspire safety ideas for others.

  2. Local News 8

    A dying Uvalde teacher was on the phone with her husband - a school police officer whose boss decided not to breach the classrooms, report says (opens Local News 8)

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    By Holly Yan and Chris Boyette, CNN In the 77 minutes of bloodshed at a Texas elementary school, teacher Eva Mireles spent some of her final breaths on the phone with her husband, telling him she was dying, a Uvalde County official told The New York Times.

  3. Washington Examiner

    Uvalde teacher spoke on phone with police officer husband before she was killed (opens Washington Examiner)

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    One of the teachers who died during the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school last week spoke with her husband, a police officer who was outside the building, just moments before she was killed, according to a county official.

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