In 2019 alone, there have been 32 mass shootings and 170 fatalities — the most mass shooting incidents in more than a decade.
'The loneliest club': For survivors caught in endless loop of mass shootings, time doesn't always healJerry Wright was supposed to celebrate his 34th birthday this past weekend. He was supposed to decorate the Christmas tree with his mother after Thanksgiving dinner – their annual ritual – and celebrate the holidays with his newborn nephews."Holidays aren’t the same anymore," Jerry's mother, Maria, said.
During those times, some survivors turn to faith. Sharon Risher lost her mother, two cousins and a childhood friend in 2015 when a white supremacist killed nine people at a bible study at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. "There’s so many happening that we’re beginning to forget," Wright said."Somebody told me recently that there’s so many they all begin to run together. And that’s the biggest tragedy."
Risher had been on a speaking tour about the Charleston shooting when she heard the news about Parkland. A parent is reunited with her children after a student was killed and other injured during a shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019.Many survivors have found solace in a range of online and offline support groups.
Risher, similarly, has become close to a survivor of the shooting that claimed 22 lives at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, this past August. On Friday, residents shed tears and prayed during a ceremony unveiling a memorial dedicated to the victims. Kaufman said that, about a year ago, she met with some survivors of the 1999 Columbine, Colorado, shooting."It was interesting but frightening to see that, 20 years out, the emotions don’t leave you," she said."But also, it was inspiring to hear that they are still working on gun issues and mental health care."Kaufman, Risher and Wright said they plan to continue working on gun violence issues.
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