Kids Called 911 from Classroom during Texas Massacre as Police Waited Outside

Members of the media take photos of a map of the school which was used a press conference held outside Robb Elementary School on Friday, May 27, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. (AP)

Panicked children and teachers placed half a dozen calls to 911 emergency services from the Texas classrooms where a massacre was unfolding, pleading for police to intervene, while roughly 20 officers waited in a hallway for nearly an hour before entering the room, authorities said on Friday.

At least two children called the 911 emergency number from the two connecting classrooms after 18-year-old Salvador Ramos entered with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, according to Colonel Steven McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety.