joining me now is mike lavendar, a friend of jessica's. we want to say first off, we're sorry for your loss. how did you know and learn that jessica was one of those lost and killed in the shooting? >> good morning. yeah, i woke up this morning around 5:00 a.m. and turned the tv on, and i turned it up because i saw the coverage, and i was watching the tv and i was thinking of a flashback to columbine. i was just like, oh, my god, not again, not another one. i did, i sat down, i picked up my laptop and got on facebook and posted on my timeline, on my wall, was a message from jessica's mom. and it said, mike, jessica was killed last night. call me. and i grabbed the phone. i called her, and it just -- it was just surreal. i mean, i didn't have a chance to process it, but when i talked to her mom, she just said, i was on the phone with jessica just before the movie started. i'm going to visit next week, i can't wait. she said, mom, i miss you, and after a while, she did get a call from who jessica was with and she said, sandy, i'm calling to

joining me now, mike lavendar, who is a friend of jessica's. mike, thank you so much for being with us. how are you doing today? >> well, i got some sleep and kind of woke up and kind of looked around the room and reached for my glasses and as i got out of bed, it just kind of all came back. i had a few moments where i just -- i was able to not remember. and then when it all came back to me, i could feel almost like a headache coming on, and inside of me, i could just feel it coming all over again, everything that everybody had been through yesterday, all of our mutual friends and thinking about her mom sandy and thinking that this afternoon after we're finished here i'm going to give her a call and check in on her, and i'm going to go visit her tomorrow here in san antonio. seeing so many strangers with words of love and sending them to me, sending them to jordan, her brother. sending them to just the world. to anybody who needs any kind of comfort. it's not a good day. >> reporter: and i know that jessica's brother has been out a lot talking a