Hear what the Walmart shooter told this survivor

ADVANCED now, Jessie Wilczewski. She witnessed the shooting at the Chesapeake Wal-Mart. In fact, she is working. It was only her fifth day at work. Jessie, thank you for joining us tonight. I know

this

is difficult. You were in that break room when the gunman came in. You saw many things. Can you explain to us, Jessie,

what

he saw and

what

happened in those moments? So before each shift, we have a meeting in the break room right at 10:00. And almost everyone was there, and the meaning was just beginning. And suddenly, he looked straight instead of looking at where he was, where the other guy was talking.

And the other team leader is at the door and he has his hands like

this

. And at first he didn't even seem real. It didn't register as real. The only thing that made it real were the vibrations hitting your chest and the whir of the gun going off. And it went on and on and on. And I walked up to the table and he left the room and walked down the hall and I was looking more at my other coworkers around me and I leaned back in the chair. I didn't want to be close. I didn't want him to listen to me.

And make you angry, make you come back because I don't even know where he went. And and I, I, I just stayed right. I couldn't, I couldn't, I wouldn't want them to leave me alone even if they weren't there or if they were. I don't know, I don't even know. I tried hard not to look. And the sound of droplets when replacing the replacement plates. Please have a How much blood came out? All different chairs. He was setting a rhythm. And it was one of the most disturbing things I ever wore. I think you never let go of that, I mean, it is.

It's understandable. It is. Then you are under the table for safety. You talk about feeling the bullets as the shots rang out, feeling that in your chest,

hear

ing the blood of your co-workers, looking at them in those moments. As I understand it, this

shooter

did look at you at one point. And basically you're listening a lot and I was hiding under the table and he

told

me to come out and I had my bag and I took it out first like, please, I don't have anything. You see my hands writing things. He slid out from under the table and I'm shaking and probably look like a Chihuahua.

At that point. And he just had the gun in my face and it's very difficult. Did he say anything to you at that time, Jesse? He

told

me to go home and I took the gun from my friend. He was pointing at the ceiling and said, Jesse, go home. It became very slow and I tried not to look at everyone on the ground or even look at them. And I knocked on the door, which was covered, and I went out the double doors to where you can see the aisles of Wal-Mart and I went through the egg.

I'll start. And I just remember grabbing my bag and thinking, if you shoot me in the back. Well, you're going to have to try really hard because I'm running and I booked it. I booked it. And I didn't stop until I got to my car. And then I had a meltdown in my car. I think it would be hard not to. At that point, all of this is still so raw, understandably so. And I know that in addition to what you saw and what you went through, you also knew at least two of the victims and one of the reasons you wanted to talk to me tonight was because you wanted their families to know something.

You have a message for them. What do you want their families to know? Jesse, for the families of the two girls that were sitting in front of me and I'm not going to name any names, but I want you to know that I could have run out that door with everyone else that ran out that door and I stayed. I stayed so they wouldn't be alone. And the last moments, because I knew there was no way it was as bad as everything was, there was no way and I stood up straight just so they wouldn't be alone.

And they weren't. You were there and there was a lot of talk about this person who was your manager. I know this was only your fifth day there and you didn't interact with him much, but was there anything that stood out to you, anything about those interactions where you could have imagined a scenario like this? No no. I interacted with him once before this and I was the one who raised my son. How much this overnight is like playing with me. At some hours, like 1:00, you know, and I like to leave when I get home and yeah, we're all there.

My son was in that room for 15 months and he set a nice age and we went our separate ways. Never, never, ever in my life. Would you ever wish this on anyone? And it's horrible because he doesn't stop. He keeps repeating himself where he leaves the singer. He doesn't stop hurting so much. He doesn't stop. It sucks because you really want to want that little bit of it that you have for all of this. You wish it never happened. It's hard, Jesse, I'm so sorry that we're talking about this and that this is what you're going through.

And I hope that you are surrounded by those who can help you at this time and who will also help you. How to use anything Don't blame them. You don't know why you let me go. And yes, bothering me very, very much. I don't know why he did it, but even because he could have sworn he was lost. Well, Jesse, I'm glad you made it out safely. I hope that staying with your coworkers gives those families some comfort in knowing that they weren't alone, that you wanted to make sure they weren't alone in those moments. And Jesse, thank you.

I know there's no way this is going to be easy for you to talk about. I really appreciate you taking the time and I wish you strength on the path ahead.