'Active Shooter.' For Those Trapped in San Bernardino, Cellphones Were a Link to Loved Ones

Active shooter.

Mary Campos, 54, received the text at 11:34 a.m.

It was from her daughter, Monica Siegers, 34, reporting that she and her co-workers were hiding under their desks, crying.

Campos turned on the TV and heard the news: There had been a mass shooting at the building where Siegers has worked for two years as a case manager for adults with disabilities.

"Oh, my God," Campos thought. "It's happening everywhere."

She dressed and drove to the scene. The next text from her daughter reported that SWAT officers were escorting survivors to buses. But her daughter didn't know where they were being taken, and her cellphone was running out of power.

Campos waited Wednesday at a Shell gas station not far from the regional center, looking for her daughter among the dozens of evacuees who were being led to buses. They were transported to another location to be interviewed by law enforcement officers.

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