Galveston News

In December, Dave Vitali was going to see his daughter when he got into a serious accident.He flipped his pickup truck, and hung upside down and bleeding with his only comfort being that his trusty dog Max was by his side and okay.

Ann Miller believes in miracles. She also believes in fate. But when she posted a picture of her adopted golden retriever on her Facebook page Sunday night, she never imagined what would come from it.

It is a procedure that has become standard practice in schools across the country: If a shooter enters your school, shut everything down.

The Newtown, Conn., school shooting brought the rare occurrence of an armed intruder roaming a school hallway into stark relief yet again.