"Had I not been with these two (first responders), and had things not gone exactly the way they did, as far as timing, I don't think we would have had the outcome that we did," she said. "It's just difficult, but this kind of stuff shouldn't happen. It shouldn't happen in life, so it's hard."

The judge presiding over the Apalachee High School shooting trial recused himself on Thursday, according to court documents.