Texas School Shooting Survivor: I Expected This to Happen Eventually
“It’s been happening everywhere. I’ve always felt it would eventually happen here, too.”
DANIEL KRAMER/AFP/Getty
Among the witness reactions to a fatal shooting Friday at Santa Fe High School in southeast Texas came this particularly heartbreaking one from a student named Paige. Asked by KTRK-TV if there was “ever part of you that was like, ‘This isn’t real, this would not happen at my school,” the young girl gave a resigned chuckle and replied: “No, there wasn’t. It’s been happening everywhere. I’ve always felt it would eventually happen here, too.” She added: “I wasn’t surprised; just scared.” With at least eight dead, Friday’s shooting is now the deadliest school incident since the February 14 massacre in Parkland, Florida; and the 22nd school shooting in 2018.
Heartbreaking moment as Santa Fe High School student is asked if she thought a shooting 'would not happen' at her school:
— ABC News (@ABC) May 18, 2018
"It's been happening everywhere. I've always kind of felt like eventually it was going to happen here too." https://t.co/kymFDSH6D5 pic.twitter.com/0akC5liZn4
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