JESSICA: AN OKLAHOMA MOM HAS GONE VIRAL AFTER POSTING HOW SHE PLANS TO KEEP HER SON SAFE IN THE CLASSROOM. EVAN: YOU SEE THE SPIDER-MAN BACK PACK. THERE IS A BULLETPROOF INSERT. THE MOM TOLD US IT WAS HER KINDERGARTEN STARTED THE CONVERSATION. >> EVERYTHING ON THE NEWS ABOUT UVALDE, MY SON SAW IT AND OF COURSE HE HAD QUESTIONS AND I TRIED TO EXPLAIN IT THE BEST THAT I COULD USING WORDS THAT A 5-YEAR-OLD WOULD KNOW. I WAS LOOKING AT ONES ON AMAZON AND ONES ON DIFFERENT SITES. I CAME TO THE BULLETPROOF ZONE AND I WAS LOOKING AT THEIRS. I WATCHED YOUTUBE VIDEOS. SADLY LIKE THE ONES FOR KIDS DO NOT GO AGAINST THE ONES USED IN UVALDE BUT IT’S BETTER THAN NOTHING. EVAN: I CAN IMAGINE HAVING TO -- CAN’T IMAGINE HAVING TO EXPLAIN THIS TO A CHILD LI
Oklahoma mother goes viral for showing how she plans to keep 5-year-old son safe in school
The mother posted a video to TikTok showing her son going through a makeshift active-shooter drill
Updated: 5:39 PM CDT Aug 15, 2022
As students across the state head back to the classroom, one Oklahoma mother went viral because of a video showing her plan to keep her son safe.| MORE | Oklahoma mother prepares 5-year-old son for school with makeshift active-shooter drillCassie Walton of McAlester posted a video to TikTok showing her putting her 5-year-old son through a makeshift active-shooter drill. As of Monday afternoon, the video has around 7 million views.| MORE | Oklahoma students, parents prepare for new school year with anxiety about mass shootings"When everything happened in the news about Uvalde, my son saw it. And, of course, he had questions," Walton told KOCO 5. "And I tried to explain it the best that I could, using words that a 5-year-old would know."She also bought a bulletproof insert to put in her son's Spider-Man backpack. | MORE | KOCO Chronicle: State of Our Schools superintendent roundtable"I looked on Amazon and different sites, and I came across the one on the Bulletproof Zone and watched YouTube videos," Walton said. "And, sadly, sadly like the ones for kids do not go against the ones used in Uvalde. But it’s better than nothing."
MCALESTER, Okla. — As students across the state head back to the classroom, one Oklahoma mother went viral because of a video showing her plan to keep her son safe.
| MORE | Oklahoma mother prepares 5-year-old son for school with makeshift active-shooter drill
Cassie Walton of McAlester posted a video to TikTok showing her putting her 5-year-old son through a makeshift active-shooter drill. As of Monday afternoon, the video has around 7 million views.
| MORE | Oklahoma students, parents prepare for new school year with anxiety about mass shootings
"When everything happened in the news about Uvalde, my son saw it. And, of course, he had questions," Walton told KOCO 5. "And I tried to explain it the best that I could, using words that a 5-year-old would know."
She also bought a bulletproof insert to put in her son's Spider-Man backpack.
| MORE | KOCO Chronicle: State of Our Schools superintendent roundtable
"I looked on Amazon and different sites, and I came across the one on the Bulletproof Zone and watched YouTube videos," Walton said. "And, sadly, sadly like the ones for kids do not go against the ones used in Uvalde. But it’s better than nothing."