"It makes me angry, because it doesn't have to keep happening," Jacob, the Sandy Hook library clerk, told ABC News. In the end, beyond family, it was the love of Mrs. Clements, a teacher, that softened my daughters heart and opened her mind. Were a traumatized nation. Dec. 14, 2018, marks six years since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 children between the ages of 6 and 7, as well as six adult staff members, were killed. As a member of Gen Z, she says, "gun violence is one of our top priorities because we really are the only generation that's had to grow up through this. It was one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. This campaign continued past the PSA to further highlight the stories of our survivors. Nicole Melchionno who was a second grader at Sandy Hook Elementary on Dec. 14, 2012 testified Thursday at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on gun violence about her experience . She didnt really know about any of those things. SURVIVOR INTERVIEWS Each survivor was interviewed and discussed how their lives and their teenage dream changed after surviving a school shooting. Fuentes was studying film at Hunter College in New York and worked at a jewelry wholesaler in Manhattan, but activism had long felt like her real job. "It's just so painfully common in this country," she says. A few minutes later, a man with a clipboard and a headset ushered Touray toward the stage. Fuentess message was on Tourays mind that night in her hotel room, where she left the bathroom light on because in Michigan she shared a bedroom with her younger sister and was sleeping alone for the first time since she was 4. She had 18. Why is everyone running? Fuentes asked, voice quavering, her eyes wide and watery. Im hoping that you do it this time, though, Touray said, sensing Hoggs exhaustion after what had already been a frustrating week of discussions with lawmakers. "I'm so grateful for all of those that survived and have the strength and fortitude to be able to share their stories, to help save the lives of someone else," Hockley added. Describe forgiveness, but dont prescribe forgiveness. Now, at the hotel, Fuentes headed off to change into her blue March for Our Lives T-shirt, her black folder of talking points still unopened, and Touray found a quiet space on the other side of the room where she could study all of them, hoping to come up with a question that would somehow make a difference. On December 14, 2012, a 20-year-old man walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and shot 26 people, including 20 children. "And if our kids are feeling anxious, worried, sad and depressed, which we know that they are at an increased level at this point. Her latest film is "Us Kids," which follows Parkland survivors, including Sam Fuentes, as they recover from their injuries, process their grief and trauma, and try to prevent another school shooting. The author, Amye Archer chronicles Cindy Clements Carlson, who was working in the library the morning of December 14, 2012, inside the Sandy Hook Library Media Center. I cant imagine the courage it will take for her to walk in that school and teach and breathe life into children. But being in big crowds and "not knowing if someone has a gun can re-trigger me at times," she says. Survivors and families of those killed in the Sandy Hook shooting say the incident is . Obama Says He Felt 'Not Just Sorrow, But Anger' After Sandy Hook Shooting as 10-Year Anniversary Approaches, Sandy Hook 10 Years Later: Remembering the 89 Students Killed in School Shootings From that Day Until Now, Barack Obama Addresses Uvalde Shooting Nearly 10 Years After Sandy Hook: 'Our Country Is Paralyzed', Mich. 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Thank you so much for all your work, she said. Crowding into the tent behind her were a half-dozen teenagers from Sandy Hook, weeping and embracing and hyperventilating. Nicole Melchionno. She is now the co-lead of the Upper Fairfield chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, which includes Newtown and Sandy . After Emilie died, I remember going out to our car to say a prayer with my husband, and as we started the prayer the words came to my mind, that everything was going to be OK, and that Emilie was OK. She had been invited to speak at an event hosted by Moms Demand Action in front of the Capitol Reflecting Pool, but she hadnt understood until she and Fuentes arrived that hundreds of people and dozens of cameras would be watching her. In 2018, when she was in eighth grade, she started to become involved in gun violence prevention. The next Justin. Watch their stories. Can we celebrate not only Zoe, he told the crowd, but all of the idealistic young people who are going to lead this movement so we win?. Touray and Fuentes had just made it through security at the Hart Senate Office Building, passing inside a metal detector monitored by three armed guards, when a roller on the X-ray machine came loose, slamming against the tile floor. Slowly the mind grasps that the dead can never be brought back, yet you cant stop that mind from churning out ways you could make it better and its all made worse by a town full of opinions. And their concerns will be taken seriously and they'll get the support they need.". Educators teach peace and nonviolence. Newtown Action Alliance/YouTube, @indigogloves/Twitter. It can generally be healthy and meaningful to speak out about your experiences. Sandy Hook Promise, an organization founded by parents who lost their children to gun violence, has a new PSA showing the realities of life after a school shooting in hopes of preventing the next one Calm down, her mother said, again and again. They were among the most important figures in the fight for reform, Touray had just learned. . Real survivors share how their teenage years were impacted by the trauma of surviving a school shooting. Americans are afraid to go to school, the movies, the mall, concerts, work, church, parking lots. With the reality of school shootings, Masi said it's important to have open conversations with students about their concerns. Trembling in fear, Nicole huddled with her teacher and classmates next to their jackets and hats in their coat cubbies as the crack of gunfire echoed through the halls. Published on December 7, 2022 11:00 AM. Discovery Company. Despite the challenges that he has faced over the years, Walczak -- as well as Fuentes and Eastmond -- said they want others to know that shootings are preventable. Sign up for The Top of the World, delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. This is her story. Just hours before she flew to Washington, she did an interview with ABCs Good Morning America, which she referred to only as GMA, because shed been on it so many times. President Barack Obama pauses during a speech at an interfaith vigil for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, at Newtown High School in Newtown, Conn., Dec 16, 2012. Nicole Melchionno survived the horrific Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and doesn't want any other child to have to endure the nightmare she did. Im grateful to those who listen. "No one could comfort anyone else because it was pure devastation and loss. How difficult the aftermath is, and the decisions it entails, hasnt been easily understood. We are grateful that our bodies and the bodies of our children are whole and we strive to support those who are not. CLICK HERE for full coverage of the tragedy at the elementary school. Samantha FuentesParkland, Florida 2018Bullet fragments remain in her face and legs. Gradually the mind kicks back in and then decisions and realities came one after another. Sandy Hook survivors speak out for first time -- and share heartache 'that it keeps happening' ABC News sat down with four students who lived through the 2012 mass shooting. She was fighting not to pass out. So I did, I did open my eyes," she said. We subsequently also met with members of the Amish community who had suffered their own tragedy about five years earlier. It needs to be legislation, it needs to be action. A Warner Bros. A gunman entered the building and fatally shot 20 children and six adults before taking his own life. Touray chewed on her bottom lip. The scene outside Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012. Yes, the 18-year-old answered, smiling and extending her hand. She will graduate from Newtown High School next week. Published on February 27, 2023 12:56 PM. But this year, as students return back to school, the nonprofit's leaders said it was important to open up a conversation about how school shootings impact the lives of survivors. According to a report released earlier this year by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, gun violence is the leading cause of death for teens, which is a concern facing many students returning to school this Fall. My daughter has many years to decide what she wants to. On Dec. 14, Jackie Hegarty of Newtown, Connecticut, knows her phone will be "flooded" with messages, as it is each year on that day, the anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting. "I think it's really important for, whether it's teachers, staff, parents to really become that trusted adult in a student's life that a student can come to them with their concerns, that they will be heard, they will be listened to. Photo: Sasha Arutyunova. After the shooting, then-President Barack Obama called on Congress to enact federal gun control. "This has been a rather exceptional year and we're facing a very different return to school," said Sandy Hook Promise co-founder, Nicole Hockley, whose son, Dylan, was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. 16. We wait in terror fearing for our lives until the gunfire comes to an end.. The sun rises over Newtown, Conn., Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. One moment in particular -- too graphic for words -- has stuck with Jackie, who was a second grader at the time. ***. Once inside, he turned left instead of right, where Nicole's classroom was located, and opened fire, killing 20 terrified first graders and 6 educators in the nation's first mass shooting at an elementary school and one of the worst in U.S. history. Matthews is not the only MSU survivor faced with the aftermath of their second school massacre. On Wednesday, police pulled a body from that river, and on Monday, the Schenectady police confirmed the body to be that of Humphrey. The Taliban silenced him. Student Geneva Cunningham was in fourth grade at the time of the shooting. Courtesy Jane Dougherty. 2023 Cable News Network. The mission of Sandy Hook Promise is to educate and empower youth and adults to prevent violence in schools, homes, and communities. Its okay, Vickie Brent-Touray told her. She stood at the lectern and glanced down at the speech on her phone. Nicole was in the second grade when a gunman shot and killed 26 people at her school in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012. "I think what we know just needs to come to fruition.". Days later, her jacket was found along the banks of the Mohawk River. Published Dec 3, 2021. Touray had reconnected with a fellow Oxford survivor and hung out with new friends who had lived through the killings at Sandy Hook Elementary, including Jordan Gomes, a teen whod joined her in the meeting with Blumenthal. There were no Hollywood celebrities leading chants, no pop stars belting anthems. Re: Photo of sole survivor, Samantha Hatcher - Sandy Hook. Educators teach peace and nonviolence. But this year, she has decided she wants to be a teacher at Sandy Hook School. Nobody was in danger. It was easier when the horrified mind took control of the body. Of the 20 children killed Friday in the Newtown, Conn., school, eight were boys and 12 were girls. And angry at the same time, because, you know, the world watched what happened to Sandy Hook," Jacob said. The lone survivor of one of the two Sandy Hook Elementary School first-grade classrooms where Adam Lanza allegedly shot and killed 20 children tricked the gunman by playing dead, the girl's pastor . As a child, she rarely paid attention to the news and was only allowed to watch PBS Kids on weekdays. 16-year-old snowboarder lands history-making trick at world championships, Co-workers win $50K lotto jackpot together: 'I'll never forget it', The Divine Nine: The history and impact of Black Greek letter organizations, Digital Deals & Steals celebrating women-owned businesses. December 14, 2015, 5:00 AM. She and her two . Gun violence destroys people, families, neighborhoods, communities, schools, districts, towns, friendships, marriages, livelihoods and so much more. Unfortunately, so far Ive been wrong.. It is the deadliest mass murder by a single perpetrators in the history of Thailand. We have the most valuable thing on our side that anybody can have in politics besides an enormous boatload of money, which is time, he told her. 1. The shrapnel buried in her muscles made it hard to stand for too long. A gunman killed 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Tuesday morning. In the end, beyond family, it was the love of Mrs. Clements, a teacher, that softened my daughters heart and opened her mind. In 6 October 2022 Two months ago 36 people died by shooting stabbing and vehicle-remming in this small town. The next Tate. "We kept saying, 'That was Daniel, Daniel was coming. God, why am I still crying? Touray asked, embarrassed, as she followed the group toward a waiting area near the stairs. For more on Nicole Melchionno and the 10th anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting, subscribe now to PEOPLE or pick up this week's issue, on newsstands Friday. Save them before its too late.. So many are willing to share their stories with those who have and will suffer as we have. At home it felt like we tried every therapy: trauma-focused [cognitive behavioral therapy], play therapy, grief therapy, talk therapy, equine therapy, tapping, aromatherapy, MNR, and art and music therapy. But I work two full-time jobs to try to change that. HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting announced Tuesday they have agreed to a $73 million settlement of a lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 20 first graders and six educators in 2012.. Advertisement "She ran out of the school building covered from head to toe with blood and the first thing she said to her mom was, 'Mommy, I'm OK but all my . I am 21 years old, and this is the second mass shooting that I have now lived through, Jackie Matthews said in an emotional TikTok video shared early Tuesday. Sign up for PEOPLE's free True Crime newsletter for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. Seeing young new activists like Touray was both refreshing and dispiriting, because they were joining a movement that hadnt been able to end the crisis. Aalayah Eastmond, who also survived the Parkland shooting and participated in the PSA, told "GMA" that she struggles each day with survivor's guilt after her friend, Nicholas Dworet, sacrificed his life to save hers. I feel like I cannot breathe right now.. "I'm definitely hopeful that we will decrease gun violence.". The . January 3, 2021 6:05pm. Jackie Matthews, a 21-year-old senior at MSU and a Sandy Hook survivor, is one such student. Teacher with Mother's Gun, Police Say: Could Mom Face Charges. According to a pastor close to her family, the unnamed girl lay among the bodies of her 15 classmates until she thought it was safe to leave. "Nothing's ever as simple as we see but there are things to do," Masi said. We held each other up as the days and weeks wore on, so we could be there day in and day out for the students. But shed come to D.C. despite her growing cynicism, because she needed this community of survivors and the activism that helped her manage the trauma. We've received your submission. "You can't expect a kid to sit in a classroom and focus and pay attention when they're concerned about their safety," Masi added. There's no handbook on how to survive a school shooting and what to do afterwards.". appreciated. Tear down the old school, but keep a school in Sandy Hook. Solomon went on to say to ABC News: "What did she see in there? Within seconds, terror had swept from one to the next, and now each of them had returned to the worst day of their lives. Nick Walczak, a survivor of the 2012 mass shooting at Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio, said he now thinks three steps ahead wherever he goes in case he's caught in another shooting. The girl, a 6-year-old whose name is not being released for privacy reasons, was the first student to emerge from the lockdown at Sandy Hook, Solomon said. I know, Fuentes replied, and both of them laughed. Annie Reneau. 17-year-old Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting survivor Cyrena Arokium speaks with "CNN This Morning" ten years after the shooting that left 20 first-graders and six adults dead. The following narratives, written by survivors of the Sandy Hook shooting and excerpted from the book If I Dont Make It, I Love You (Skyhorse, 2019), provide intimate accounts of the transformative nature of trauma in the aftermath of a school shooting. They're not going to be able to learn.". It's been nearly nine years since the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting that rocked the U.S. in December of 2012, meaning that even those among the youngest survivors have recently entered high school. She was too shaken to say anything more. They were scheduled for a joint interview on CNN the next morning, but she was nearly as nervous about speaking with him as she was about appearing on live TV for the first time. "It just really broke me to know that after 10 years of everyone giving us their thoughts and prayers, after 10 years of everyone saying, 'Enough is enough,' and, 'Never again after Sandy Hook' -- it happened again.". "They started lining kids up by class in the fire house so they could start to sign them out to parents," Jacob said. Sherlach, Sandy Hook Elementary's school psychologist, was with Hochsprung when they heard a "pop, pop, pop" sound around 9:30 a.m., a parent who was with both women . You were meant for this.. December 7, 2014 / 9:39 AM / CBS News. Registered 501(c)(3). At the end of her speech on March 24, 2018, she led the crowd in singing happy birthday to Nicholas Dworet, one of the two friends whod died in her classroom. Copyright 2023 ABC News Internet Ventures. Nicole with Chloe, a survivor of the Uvalde shooting. How James Harden is helping an MSU shooting survivor . When she was 14 years old, Gabby Petito starred in a music video titled "Irreplaceable" to help spread awareness about violence against children after the Sandy Hook massacre. '", "It was very traumatic for me, because there was no comfort whatsoever," she said. Nigerians await election results in competitive race, Odesa opera house remains heart of the city amid ongoing war, Ukrainians move home and promise: Its going to go back to normal, This is my only hope: Young Nigerians gear up for presidential election. Chase YarbroughSanta Fe, Texas 2018Shot six times. I want them with me up there, Touray said, after someone suggested that she change clothes. Some of us were able to connect with support while others were not. As Touray readied to go on stage, rehearsing the lines in her mind, Fuentes sat in the distance, beneath the shade of a white oak. She used to, until she taught herself to brace for the triggers before they came. Touray hadnt thought much about school shootings before her own. But we can no longer just provide love and prayers. The media center director is a close friend of Mindy and mine, and they were the very last group to exit the . Nothing about this has been easy. "I have a plan in the back of my head almost everywhere I go now," Walczak told "GMA." (Video: The Washington Post, Photo: Getty/The Washington Post). They were all so smart and determined. Sept. 7, 2022, at 7:03 a.m. Raised With Trauma, Sandy Hook Survivors Send Hope to Uvalde. Afterward, Hogg sat next to her. 2 min read. We are, he said. Look under the hood, and take a behind the scenes look at how longform journalism is made. On some days, the constant battling of fear and anxiety left my baby girl exhausted, and she often fell asleep in school, and often in the arms of Mrs. Clements. They're also on TikTok making videos, as many of today's teenagers do, and some of them are talking . For more on Nicole Melchionno, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day. Touray didnt like saying so little during the meetings with lawmakers, so she laid in bed trying to come up with a good question. At least three of her schoolmates have died by suicide since the slaughter that left 17 dead inside Stoneman. Youre okay, Gomes said. Americans are afraid to go to school, the movies, the mall, concerts, work, church, parking lots. The lone survivor of one of the two Sandy Hook Elementary School first-grade classrooms where Adam Lanza allegedly shot and killed 20 children tricked the gunman by playing dead, the girl's pastor said. Since then, she has spoken publicly at news conferences in Connecticut and at rallies in D.C. She's also traveled several times to the nation's capital, including in July to celebrate the historic June 24 signing of the Bipartisan Gun Bill on the White House lawn. Around 1 a.m. Tuesday, across the street from the location of Monday's Michigan State University Shooting, 21-year-old Jackie Matthews took to TikTok, with an emotional video reflection about "the second mass shooting I've lived through.". Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much Like so many others who survived the shooting, she was also plagued with anxiety. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6203604. In the years that followed, parents and survivors, some of whom are featured in the accounts below, have dedicated their lives to fighting for change. "I was scared that I was going to die.". But at the same time, it felt almost impossible for that to actually happen. Touray had arrived in D.C. unsure of whether she was meant to be an activist, but by Saturday, she felt convinced of it. Fuentes has been diagnosed with depression, anxiety, panic disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. It's been nearly two years since a disturbed young man, Adam Lanza, opened fire . Someone started yelling, and then people started ducking, and so we started running, because we thought somebody was trying to kill us.. Two Connecticut State police officers accompany a class of students, and two adults, out of Sandy Hook Elementary School, Dec. 14, 2012. Jackie Matthews survived the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook and the MSU shooting Monday night. So, it's not easy at all, especially being young. My heart goes out to all the families and the friends of the Michigan State shooting, she continued. She described heading to class after lunch and her friends hearing a sound that reminded them of balloons popping. Jones and his company Free Speech Systems have been found liable for $1.5 billion in two defamation trials over lies that Jones . Nicole Melchionno survived the horrific Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and doesn't want any other child . Our mission is simple, and our ambitions unbeatable, she had shouted to a roaring crowd, so overcome with nerves that she vomited on stage before finishing her speech. These subsequent months and years are the more difficult phase, the fraught part two. Among the most memorable to appear was Sam Fuentes, then a senior at Douglas who a month earlier had been shot in the leg and struck in the face with shrapnel. The father of the youngest child killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre was given a full facial disguise before a television appearance . Nevertheless, individually and collectively, survivors keep trying. Now Touray and Fuentes decided to get a photo together in front of a blue background adorned in March for Our Lives logos. Gomes, the Sandy Hook survivor, told . A woman walks a child toward the Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 15, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. We teach conflict resolution by talking out problems. Enough is enough.. John Moore via Getty Images. In the fall, she worked with March for Our Lives lobbying senators on Capitol Hill about an assault weapons ban. They could hold hands. We sit in the back of the room, she remembered. RT @K12ssdb: This week Katy Perry (@katyperry) and @AmericanIdol put a spotlight on one survivor's story. A child and her mother leave staging area outside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, 2012. Thousands of other students have the same story. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa., did not pass the Senate -- one in a string of largely unsuccessful efforts at new gun laws in Congress in recent decades. 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