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and some huge news for fans. and what's the taylor swift curse? major league teams noticing trouble when she walked in. is the pop star bad news for baseball? but first, the "nightline" five. >> she can rage. and roar. and crack and storm. but mother nature can't stop us. >> number one?

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test t good evening and thanks for joining us. describing a living nightmare. but the ordeal hit especially close to home for the young woman you're about to hear from who escaped with her life thanks to a split second good decision and good luck. >> when i close my eyes and i'm really close to falling asleep i can hear the gunshots and i can smell -- i can smell it. >> smell the gun powder? >> yeah. >> this 18-year-old is haunted by that day. it was about 10:38 a.m. last thursday in oregon when gunfire

rang out. >> somebody's outside up with of the doors shooting through the doors. >> the man terrorizing the school was inside her writing class. >> we've got multiple gunshot wounds. we're going to need multiple ambulances on scene. >> she was one of the first to be shot by the alleged gunman during the rampage that took the lives of nine people and injured nine more. from an oregon hospital where she was recovering from surgery to remove a bullet lodged in her spine, she told us the harrowing story of how she played dead to stay alive. >> i could hear everyone breathing hard and freaking out and crying and he asked everyone to move to the center of the classroom. so we all kind of just army crawled. >> she had already been shot but didn't realize it, too focused on the terrifying scene before her. >> so you're still on the ground. what does his voice sound like? >> he sounded really deranged

because he said he had been waiting to do that for a really long time and he laughed. >> he laughed? >> he laughed after he shot the teacher. >> she says he chose one student to live apparently to carry a message for him. >> he said the kid in the glasses, get up. i need you to do me a favor. today's your lucky day. and hands him this like business envelope envelope envelope. >> he asked that the envelope reportedly containing a flash drif be turned in. >> he wasn't going to be able to do that after he was done killing the rest of us and said he was going to kill himself. >> one at a time he asked his victims to name their religion. >> the first kid that he asked that was a boy. when he said that he was religious and he said he was christian, he didn't hesitate at all. >> when the student said his religion? >> yeah.

>> yeah. the shooter said that he would only feel pain for a couple of seconds and that he would be with god soon and then he shot him. >> i'm not sure what to make of his questions and his own statements. what do you make of that? >> i think he asked our religions and shot the christians in the head because he thinks the earth is evil. and he didn't want us to suffer on earth like maybe he was suffering. so, he was maybe thinking that oh, i'll just put you out of your misery and the fastest way possible. >> and when you were shot, and are you thinking that you might >> yeah. i didn't -- i didn't think i was going to make it. >> but then officers arrived on the scene and exchanged gunfire with the shooter. it all ended when he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> i heard that one kid in my

class say that he was dead. he's dead. he's shot in the head. everything's okay. that's why i opened my eyes and i didn't want to open my eyes. i just -- i did. and looked around the classroom. it was horrible. it was the worst thing i had ever seen in my life. >> someone asked me can you forgive the shooter. the classroom. >> she said daddy number one i began to pray and secondly i knew i was going to die today. >> playing dead after fellow student was fatally shot and fell on top of her. >> i believe in the last moments that he had any conscious whatsoever i believe he said i am going to roll on to lacy. >> amazingly she also survived and this weekend she attended church with this man, the student witnesses say was chosen directly by the gunman to live. and chris, the army vet credited

warning others released this video from his hospital bed. >> hello everyone. i'm doing well and i'm overwhelmed by the support i have gotten from everybody. >> we know that harper carried six guns and owned at least seven more all legally obtained, renewing the gun debate. >> how many people have to die before we actually act? >> today hillary clinton unveiled a sweeping gun control plan calling for a crack down of the sale of guns on the internet and gun shows vowing to bypass congress if necessary if she is voted into congress. at one point she grew emotional while introducing a mother whose child was killed during the 2013 sandy hook shooting. >> so many of the parents of the precious children who were murdered have taken the unimaginable grief that they

ing and have tried to be the voices that we need to hear. >> some schools are taking matters in their own hands. lock down drills are almost as common as fire drills. >> attention this is a drill. we need to lock down. >> please go behind my desk. >> the teacher locks the door, pulls down the shade and everyone is told to keep quiet. >> this is a drill. >> my colleague david wright spent time in colorado schools running training drills last year. >> it's kind of scarey, huh? >> kind of. >> do you know why they do it? >> former swat team member specializes in active shooter training. here at sky view academy, he and his trainer teaches the teachers how to spring into action. he says there are windows of opportunity to take down a

shooter that you won't know unless you're trained like when the shooter engages in dialogue or reloads his weapon. does this protect people or put them in grave danger? >> don't be a hero. >> we're not advocating a suicide mission. we're talking the split second when they know they have done everything they could prior to making the choice. here is some knowledge. a better option for you. >> you made it. you're safe. >> yeah. >> this survivor who lived through the terrifying seconds recovery. she now wants to live her life for those victims who will never get the chance. >> i will never ever take for granted a second, a minute, an never again.

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exclusive backstage pass with lady antebellum. changes coming for both the band and their families. i headed out to nashville where it all started for these megastars where they are planning an incredible act of kindness for an unsuspected fan. >> it's a long stretch of love. just a couple hours earlier i'm backstage being challenged to a ping-pong rematch. >> girls against guys. i like it. >> got a little game. >> no game. >> in all fairness, we are like coming at it from all angles. >> even their tour mate hunter hayes joins in on the fun. it's charles kelly's birthday but they're all bursting to break the news to us that after nine number one songs --

>> it's a quarter after one -- >> like need you now. >> and we own the night. >> with 11 million albums sold, lady a is taking a break. >> for sure. >> over the past eight or nine years we have never really truly had a break. >> we want a little time at home and good family time. >> if you can give us a second i think we can come up with something really special. >> because! >> happy birthday. >> and the birthday boy sees this moment as the perfect time to launch a solo career. his first single, the driver. >> how does it differ artistically?

back, more 70s southern rock influence, i think. i wanted to show this other side and see if i could find a different side of my voice, too. when i played it for dave and hillary, i would tell that they were really excited for me and they understood that it didn't fit our project. >> so no hurt feelings? >> not at all. >> his band mates are his biggest cheer leaders. >> we always said if any of us wanted to chase a blip we would give that permission because we want to come back as lady a stronger than ever. >> we want to chase down whatever our musical muse feels like doing. >> why now? why go out on your own? >> i feel like i have been writing this music and have this other side of me that i want to get out that doesn't necessarily fit. >> but artists like beyonce, justin timberlake and michael jackson all went to solo careers and never quite assured.

>> as lounge ng as you can assure your fans you are not breaking up? >> no. i just want the fans to miss us. >> the fans want to know there is a future. >> this band will never end. >> we have got the calendar full. >> we have dates in 2017. >> their friendship has only deepened since they first made a name for themselves here at this bar in nashville. >> this is where we got discovered. >> our very first show was here. >> of course we couldn't help ourselves. >> what's it like to walk back in? >> we are like man, we've been at this a long time. >> we're going to do a little surprise for some fans. >> please welcome lady antebellum. >> they're playing stadiums now but on this night it begins with

a vip gathering playing american honey. like american honey >> their generosity doesn't stop with their fans. they have an extensetive charity fund which puts 50 cents of every concert ticken sold towards children charities. tonight they're surprising an unsuspecting wounded war vet and his 8-year-old daughter. >> you know we have a surprise for him. but what you don't know is you and your daddy have your mortgage paid for a year. >> yeah man. >> this means a lot. >> what goes through your mind when you hand somebody a life changing check. >> it's a very humbling thing to be a part of. >> it wouldn't be worth doing at this level if we didn't have an opportunity to make an impact. >> and for both dave and hillary, that mantra of helping kids became more meaningful when they each had their own kids. >> what's changed in your life

>> we try to find little moments in the day to do stuff together. any other moment i'm back in the dressing room or taking them for a walk. >> hillary's daughter is often on tour with the band. >> look into the camera. >> how do you balance the working mom situation? >> it's been a challenge. i think, you know, actually, i just red a book recently that finding balance in your life is like a unicorn, no one has ever seen one and it's a really great way to put it.

when you heard it's a boy? >> i immedtely got excited thinking about the things i could teach them to hopefully have a golf buddy. with my dad. music city? >> it's a long stretch of love that connects those boy hood memories to his new beginning. >> next baseball fans was a creeping suspension that taylor walked in. what does she have to do with

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and finally tonight, are you into conspiracy theories? here's one. linking major league slumps to taylor swift of all people. now we got bad blood >> does taylor have bad blood with baseball? i knew you were trouble when you walked in >> some think she is nothing but teams.

mlb stadium the home team strikes out. the curse started back in july. taylor swift lit up the washington national stadium. >> that's not good. we have lights out here. >> but the next time the nats took the field the lights went off three times. pitcher tweeting about swift, i tonight. we now have bad blood. and the first place nationals offs. the astros didn't do much better after they hosted her. they lost seven of their next eight games. the padres had 12 wins and 21 losses. now it's toronto's turn to be on edge. blue jays fans previously turned taylor taylor's blank space into a parody song called first place.

>> but they may not want to associate with the star now. t swift had two sold out shows over the weekend at roger senter and the jays dropped both of their following games. with the post season series against the rangers looming. shake it off shake it off >> we will soon find out if the blue jays can shake it off. >> that's it. just shake it off. thanks for watching abc news. tune into ""good morning america" tomorrow. we are live 24/7 on our facebook page and on abc news.com. good night america. see you tomorrow. >> wcvb newscenter 5 at 11:00 heather: missing at sea. crew members are local ties vanish in a storm. ed: why family and friends are not giving up hope.