Chris Anderson looked forward to sleeping in Friday morning. As assistant chief for Santa Fe Fire and Rescue, a volunteer fire department, Anderson's plans changed when the phone rang minutes before 8 a.m.
"I never would have thought this would have happened to our community," Anderson said. It did happen.
Santa Fe High School, straddled along Highway 6, became the site of the nation's latest school shooting.
Seventy five fire fighters comprise the city's volunteer organization. Twenty six of them, over a third, responded to the scene Friday.
It's what they do. It did happen.
"It's way different than anything else that we've had to handle," said Assistant Chief Jim Cargile.