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Head Football Coach Remembers Colleagues Who Died In Florida Shooting

Marjory Stoneman Douglas Head Football Coach Willis Mays was meeting with players when he heard shots near his office. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Mays about his colleagues, the school's athletic director and assistant football coach who did not survive.

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