Columbine. Virginia Tech. Red Lake. For school shooting survivors, the massacre in Uvalde, Texas, is a traumatic reminder of the past – and the difficult decisions they must make for their own kids.
Columbine survivor Missy Mendo was filling out pre-K registration paperwork for her 4-year-old daughter, Ellie, when she saw the news Tuesday about the nation’s latest school shooting.
“I had to walk away from the computer (to) take a fresh breath of air,” said Mendo, whose daughter starts this fall at a school just down the street from Columbine High. “I felt this huge sense of horrendous loss in the world.”
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