Antoinette Tuff successfully talked a gunman out of opening fire at McNair Discovery Learning Academy in Decatur, Georgia, which is documented in an amazing 24-minute 911 call.
On Tuesday, school clerk Antoinette Tuff successfully talked 20-year-old Michael Brandon Hill out of open firing on students at a Georgia elementary school.
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Students at the pre-kindergarten through fifth grade school were evacuated and kept safe throughout the ordeal.
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Tuff made a call to 911 when she heard gunshots outside. She told the 911 respondent "I have to go" but then stayed on the phone as she confronted the gunman.
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Throughout the chaos, Tuff was able to talk and listen to the shooter calmly; she gained his trust by asking the police not to harm him, and opened up to him about her own personal problems.
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