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[quote=Anonymous]"As for timing, my teen was up in the concourse and we talked at 9:31 (per my phone), and I know that first set of gunshots was at least several minutes before that, as we heard the noise, saw the players had disappeared, wondered if that was gunfire, watched people running from the third base line, talked about what to do, noticed the club seats were empty, and, had started halfway up the stairs, which was slowly moving line. Fifteen minutes is a *long* time when something like that is going on. Lots of people — like me— went straight out toward the incident, because that’s what the ushers *told* them to do. Like I said, there is no excuse for them not having the ability to at least lock down the stadium exits almost instantaneously. Was there *no one* from security on that side of the stadium who could see what was going on and who could communicate to the head of security?

I just talked to someone who used work with food vendors at the stadium, and they said it’s been clear to them for a while that the Nats had no plan about how to handle an incident like this. I’ve been in buildings where there were shooting and other security breach incidents and the lock down/evacuate orders come almost instantaneously. The Nats/DC government don’t want to admit it, but a major security review is in order."

It absolutely seemed an eternity, and the staff at Nats Park clearly doesn't GAF.  They may be accustomed to gunfire, but not everyone is, and that is okay. [/quote]

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