A Miami-Dade Police Sniper named Greg Kral, that was involved in the actual rescue of 13 children from a school bus that this movie is based on, was also involved in the SWAT raid that turned up the body of Gianni Versace's killer Andrew Cunanan.
Based on a true story.
Brett Rice and Rus Blackwell would later appear in Recount (2008), another TV movie based on a real story.