I spent a day with SCHOOL SHOOTING SURVIVORS (Columbine, Parkland, Reynolds)

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Aalayah’s classmates had to go back to school two weeks after the shooting and they still haven’t cleaned up the crime scene? That is seriously screwed up.

imagine hiding behind your friend thinking its not real than he gets shot instead of you, then you have to hide behind his death body to survive. I cant even imagine how traumatizing it is.

My aunt was in the Las Vegas shooting, and she has never forgotten it. Every 4th of July, she retreats to her room, with noise cancelling headphones, and cries. She has PTSD and is spooked by loud noises. The event has affected our entire family. When you see a death count after a shooting, remember that every single number represents a family devastated.

Rest in loving peace and never forget: MSD: Carmen Schentrup, Scott Beigel, Gina Montalto, Alaina Petty, Alex Schachter, Chris Hixon, Jaime Guttenberg, Meadow Pollack, Luke Hoyer, Helena Ramsay, Alyssa Alhadeff, Aaron Feis, Joaquin Oliver, Martin Duque Anguiano, Cara Loughran, Nicholas Dworet, and Peter Wang Columbine: Rachel Scott, Daniel Rohrbough, Dave Sanders, Kyle Velasquez, Steven Curnow, Cassie Bernall, Isaiah Shoels, Matthew Kechter, Lauren Townsend, John Tomlin, Kelly Fleming, Daniel Mauser, and Corey DePooter Reynolds: Emilio Hoffman

To think that aliyah probably wouldn’t have survived if she hadn’t been behind her friend is so scary. That one small decision completely changed her life.

That must be traumatizing having to hide under a person you see everyday that is deceased to survive...

A person who survived Columbine had spoken at my school. His sister was the first one to die. Her name was Rachel, and she was known to be one of the most positive human beings in the school. Before the day unfolded, he got into a fight with Rachel, and he wishes that he would’ve taken the blame during the argument. There are some other wild, crazy stuff that he said, but I feel like I’m boring you to the person reading this :,)

Not-so-fun fact: My best friend/Roommate’s girlfriend is a survivor of the Parkland shooting. I’d say her and I are pretty decent friends as well. She has massive PTSD from it. She said the bodies prevented folks from leaving through the conventional exit and the shooter used the fire alarm to draw students out. I was at the movies with some friends including her when someone pulled the fire alarm and we had to step out, she had a whole breakdown from it. My best friend had to console her for a while before she calmed down. Sad that even survivors have to battle the demons they never asked for

everyone treats these as a joke but they aren’t. these are terrifying

I can't believe they had to pick body matter out of her hair... That is horrible

I live in Scotland and I cannot imagine how horrible and dangerous it must be to not even feel safe at SCHOOL, a place which is meant to be safe and secure and is a place for learning and education. The thought of having to hide under bodies or hearing gunshots is an absolute horror

unfortunately, i know exactly how aaleya’s parents felt on that call. the same thing happened with my wife. i was at work and my wife called me which she doesn’t do unless she needs to so i answered it. Her voice was shaking and she told me she was in lockdown because there was a shooter at her work. she works at a boys and girls club. She was saying that she was didn’t have much time to talk or worry she had to save her kids. i told her i loved her and to keep them away from the doors and windows and then i heard a bang and the call dropped. I work in a rehabilitation center for brain injured individuals. i sprinted out of my work and up the stairs hysterical i was shaking and everything was running through my head. i told my coworkers to call my boss because i needed to go NOW. I got in my car and raced to her work and there were seven or so cop cars and cops with ar-15s. luckily they found the kid before anyone was hurt and my wife said the bang was a cabinet falling when they were moving it to block the door. and she doesnt know how to call failed. i will never forget that feeling and fear and how i felt like my world had just completely ended.

As much as people don’t like online schooling, a pro is that school shootings are near impossible.

the fact that she survived by hiding under a dead body is astounding. thats so traumatic

I go to the neighboring school to columbine and my current english teacher went through the shooting. She has opened up to us about how she has ptsd and has had to stay home on april 20th each year bc of anxiety. When I first learned about this event my stomach sank. And when i walked through the halls of colmbine for the first time for a color guard clinic, it felt cold and eerie and I could never imagine what this experience does to a person mentally.

Student here! We just had a school shooting with 11 injured and 2 dead. Heart breaking and terrible... most traumatic experience by far in school.

the fact that everyone thought it was a senior prank says something...

The fact that a child had to hide under someone's dead body is so traumatic and it's making me queasy just typing this out right now.

during a drill my 9th grade teacher told us all the flaws in the way our classroom was built as to where the shooter could enter and told us to know if we were to die to go down fighting. losing your life to injure the attacker could save the lives of others. she told us to use our bags as sheilds and was as straight forward and realistic as possible. kinda like trying to get us to understand how serious it was. edit: i really appreciated how she talked to us bc a lot of teachers pretend it will never happen and others downplay the seriousness.