Michigan State Student, Who Survived Sandy Hook Massacre a Decade Ago, Speaks Out

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'I am 21 years old,' said Jackie Matthews. 'The fact that this is the second mass shooting that I have now lived through is incomprehensible.'

"I now have a full-blown PTSD fracture [in my lower back] that flares up any time I am in a stressful situation," she said.that a number of other students on campus were survivors of a 2021 shooting at Oxford High School in Oxford Township, Michigan. U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin , who visited the campus, told the magazine that she had seen a number of students wearing shirts that read, "Oxford Strong," which were given to them after the shooting.

\u201cA student caught on camera at the Michigan State University shooting is wearing a sweatshirt in honor of the victims of a completely different school shooting. This is now inception. What a time to be American.\u201d"I'll forever be Sandy Hook Strong," said Matthews, "and I'll forever be Spartan Strong."The Michigan State shooting followed the recent release ofFifty-nine percent of U.S.

"The impact of gun violence extends beyond those who are wounded or killed," said Everytown. "The families, communities, and anyone with a personal experience of gun violence in their lifetime are also survivors of gun violence." Matthews expressed solidarity with the families and friends of the three people who were killed Monday night at the school.

"But we can no longer just provide love and prayers," she said. "There needs to be legislation. There needs to be action. It's not okay. We can no longer allow this to happen. We cannot longer be complacent."the first major gun safety legislation passed by Congress in nearly three decades.

 

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