JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (News4Jax) – Firefighters training Sunday near The Jacksonville Landing didn’t hear the gunfire from inside the mall.
But they heard the screams that followed as terrified survivors ran for their lives.
Capt. Jeremy Cooke said Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Engine Ladder 1 had been training in a parking garage across from The Landing. When the firefighters heard the chaos across the street, they looked up and saw people streaming out of the front door and swarming up the road.
“That’s when we knew things were getting real,” Cooke said.
