Staying Calm Under Pressure

"I Was The First To Tweet It!"

Thankfully (!) everything turned out okay today. A woman in the Governor Office Building mistakenly thought she heard “hostage” over an intercom, and the SWAT teams and other law enforcement officers are leaving the scene.

It's been a roller coaster of emotions and information over the last few hours, and I expect that we'll all be talking about what happened today for some time.

Interestingly, a few of the first Twitter updates came not from law enforcement sources, journalists or people in the building -- but directly from Lt. Governor Peter Kinder. He said:

10:24 a.m.:  Sharpshooters on roof of Jefferson bldg. Hostage situation unfolding in Governor Office bldg. Police locked down the block. Developing ...

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