The high schoolers described the student as a “strange” kid. Administrators would not let him carry a backpack as the other kids did. Instead, he had to carry a clear bag. Both of his parents were dead, and he had a fascination with guns. This young man stalked the halls of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School with an AR-15, and this is how he shifted the life of one student forever.
Kyra tweeted something that lawmakers in Congress must address in her simple accusation. She said “This could have been prevented:”
‘A gun has killed 17 of my fellow classmates. A gun has traumatized my friends. My entire school, traumatized from this tragedy. This could have been prevented.’
The young student made this impossible plea via her tweet:
‘I want my friends back.’
She learned how many died in the horrific shooting, hoping that all of her friends made it out alive:
‘Sheriff Scott Israel has confirmed 17 dead. I’m praying so hard for all my friends.’
Then, Kyra heard that some of her friends had died from the blast of an AR-15 gun:
‘My heart is so sad to hear friends of mine missing, and those who have passed away.’
What is this guy doing, writing to her in the midst of all the trauma? She seemed to believe it was another student joking around, and that may be so, but these kids must be wary of any other possible tragedy. He wrote:
‘Hey what’s up I’m a mid-late 20s male photographer would you like to get naked in front of me for no compensation so I can stare at you through the $1200 Nikon camera my dad got me for Christmas last year? I also have a really small beanie and non prescription glasses.’
Chris Murphy on the Florida school shooting: “Let me just note once again for my colleagues, that this happens nowhere else other than the U.S.A…. We are responsible for a level of mass atrocity that happens in this country with zero parallel anywhere else.” (via ABC) pic.twitter.com/Mqyr01r9Xh
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 14, 2018
The shooting that tore Kyra’s friends away from her. This is how grief affected her:
‘How did I sleep through three alarm clocks and slept an extra 2 hours sos.’
The young woman continued, tweeting from her job as a waitperson:
‘My own teacher just stiffed me on my tip, it really be your own people.’
After a horrendous tragedy, Kyra went to work, went on with her life after a tragedy that could have been prevented. Seventeen did not:
‘Yes pls start cursing at me bc ur food is taking longer to make while we r in a pack restaurant n I get paid 5$ an hour. thank you that’s exactly what I needed was to be cursed at, love it so much wow.’
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