Personal Narrative

April 22nd, 2014, it was supposed to be like any other day for James. Wake up, eat breakfast, go to his job, return home to his family, sleep, rinse and repeat. It was like this for the longest time, day after day the same process; however, today would be different. James woke up, munched on donuts with coffee, and arrived to work with just a few minutes to spare despite needing to attend an early meeting. He was unable to remember; it seemed to be a trend lately and the boss certainly was not appreciating the lack of profession. Taking his seat in his small enclosed cubical James noticed something was not right. He couldn’t find his daily work he left on the corner of his desk and could not log into his computer like he usually did. Curious …show more content…
I never did anything wrong… I don’t deserve this” thinking out loud might have helped but it just stimulated the misconception that he thought he had lost it all. Leaning briefly into his car his grabbed his Colt M1911, which his grandfather gave to him once James had become a man, plus a few clips of ammo and quickly ran towards the building nearby. A sign he passed said Greenland Public High school but he didn’t realize until he ran inside. Seconds after running in James set off the metal detector and the security guard in the hall pressed the panic button nearby before reaching to draw his firearm. In quick reaction time and full of panic James shot the guard right in the center of his chest. The few kids in the hall had went to run but only moved a few feet before getting shot down. One. Two. Three. A few minutes passed and James realized what he did. Blue and red lights, loud sirens, and a mid-aged man over a speakerphone quickly filled the …show more content…
Swiftly thinking of what to do he ran to the sports wing hiding away in the maze of doors, closets and empty classrooms that had been used for other purposes in recent years. There was a period of silence, maybe 15 minutes before Greg decided to take action. Greg ordered the units of two that he placed on doors previously to enter the building and sweep it for the gunner. The officers moved down the halls searching for the gunner discovering hidden students and faculty hidden in classrooms. All students, teachers, and school employees were evacuated as the rooms were cleared and held at a safe distance from the building. It was just a matter of time, all that was left was the sports wing. Knowing the gunman had not been seen since the sweep of the rest of the building, they knew he would be in this section of the school. They moved small steps at a time clearing rooms and hallways