25 years after Columbine, trauma shadows survivors of the school shooting
Associated PressDENVER — Hours after she escaped the Columbine High School shooting, 14-year-old Missy Mendo slept between her parents in bed, still wearing the shoes she had on when she fled her math class. Trauma still shadows the survivors of the horrific Columbine High School shooting as the attack’s 25th anniversary approaches. In this view through a fisheye lens, a plaque with a quote from President Bill Clinton is displayed on the wall of healing at the Columbine Memorial Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Littleton, Colo. Trauma still shadows the survivors of the horrific Columbine High School shooting as the attack's 25th anniversary approaches. FILE - Kathy Zamora, left, comforts her friend Christine Medina, a sophomore at Columbine High School, after she escaped from the school when two gunmen entered the facility and went on a shooting rampage Tuesday, April 20, 1999, in the southwest Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo. April is particularly hard for Mendo, 39, whose “brain turns to mashed potatoes” each year. In this photograph taken through a fisheye lens, people visit the Columbine Memorial, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Littleton, Colo. Trauma still shadows the survivors of the horrific Columbine High School shooting as the attack's 25th anniversary approaches.
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