'OK honey, but first I hafta do this interview with CNN.'

[trof]

At first I thought "I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS!" and then I thought "Yeah...yeah I do." <sigh>

A CNN 'reporter' is with a mom WHO IS ON THE PHONE WITH HER DAUGHTER, a student at the shooting school.
"You're where? At the Marriott? OK, I'm on the way as soon as I do this interview with CNN."
While she is talking to her daughter the 'reporter' asks "Can you tell us what she's saying? How do you feel right now?" (paraphrasing.)

The mother hangs up and turns to the 'reporter'.
She says a few words and then her phone rings again and little brother (I guess) answers it.
"Mom, it's (daughter)."
"Tell her I'll be right there as soon as I do this CNN interview."

I would have been at least halfway to where my daughter was by then.

[spanone]

1. my wife and i watched that with horror...the reporter had to CONVINCE the mother to leave....

everybody's fucking dream is to be on telefuckingvision

[applegrove]

9. The woman was in shock. Fight flight or freeze. Her kids were safe.

She was in shock and easily led. Reporter realized it and stopped the interview.

[MrsMatt]

15. Yes.

When I was informed that my mother died, for the first 45 minutes I repeatedly told my husband that we needed to make sure to call our friends and apologize for having to miss their party.

I was obsessed about the protocol of cancelling a social engagement - it was the only thing at the time that I could focus on rather than the fact my mother had just died.

[applegrove]

17. That shock protects us somehow. Maybe the mother was looking for someone

to lead her. When the reporter realized it they stopped the interview.

[MrsMatt]

19. Agreed.

I think it's cruel to immediately accuse someone as wanting their 15 minutes of fame when they are just in shock. When presented with such a horrifying incident, even when the outcome is a positive, people just focus on what they can control.

Happy that the reporter recognized what was happening.

[Phoenix61]

2. Ok, I don't have children but...

I would like to think that I would want to get to my child and would be more than happy to leap over anyone getting in my way.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. People in shock do all sorts of things, often things they wouldn't expect themselves to do.

[MFM008]

4. Saw it

[MontanaMama]

5. You couldnt keep me away

from my kid for anything. I’m shocked the CNN anchor didn’t redirect this person to her CHILD. Screw the MSM. Screw the NRA. Screw all of it. I’m so angry today...

[MontanaMama]

7. Sounds like the CNN reporter

did attempt to get the mom to talk to her child instead of them. Good.

[applegrove]

8. The reporter did direct the woman to contact her kids instead of doing the interview.

The woman was in shock. Her kids were safe. Reporter realized the state the mother was in and stopped the interview.

[applegrove]

6. That woman was in shock. She was easily led. The reporter realized the woman's state

and backed out of the interview.

[MontanaMama]

11. Thanks for clarifying.

I rushed to judgement. My apologies.

[applegrove]

18. We all get upset when horrors take place.

[kcr]

10. Yes. Let's judge people who are in shock during horrific circumstances.

Come on.

[trof]

14. Bullshit. 'Come on' yourself.

No, I'm not cutting her any slack AT ALL.
I've been in a situation where my daughter was in peril and the only thing I could think of (and do) was getting to her as fast as I possibly could.
And I don't mean obeying the speed limits.

If she panics and 'goes into shock' any time she's faced with a bad situation, I'm glad I'm not her kid.
She seemed to be pretty damned rational when talking to the reporter.
meh

[MrsMatt]

16. And your experience informs your opinion.

Every person experiences trauma differently in the immediate aftermath.

And every trauma is processed differently; depending on circumstances, on age and experience, whatever.

People in shock appear to be very calm and rational; but they are PROCESSING at a different rate.

Unless you've experienced her trauma, you should give her a break and not speculate as to what you would do.

[Yonnie3]

12. I've heard a couple of interviews with the children today.

Personally I find this a terribly sketchy thing for the media to do. The kids are in a fragile state and even with parental permission, I think it is wrong.

I remember from many years ago an interview on one of the live morning "news" shows. The sympathetic female anchor asked the male widow "How do you feel?" The man answered "How the hell do you think I feel?" and proceeded to castigate the ghouls who hounded him for an interview. He said he wanted the world to know what the media was like. Quick cut to commercials and a somber looking host and absolutely no more mention of the bereaved man.

[procon]

13. She got her 15 minutes of fame. Cameras make ordinary people say, and

do, the strangest things.