Most locals agree that four years after the unthinkable occurred, Santa Fe, Texas is still reeling from those 30 minutes between the 17-year-old gunman's opening shots and his surrender to police. | via KHNews
, an expert in post-traumatic stress disorder and trauma at Stanford University."What is the future going to be for children who survive these massive traumatic events if they don't get the mental health help they need?" she said.
Flo Rice, a substitute teacher injured in the Santa Fe shooting, was able to connect immediately with a counselor from the Galveston Family Service Center who showed up one day in her hospital room. For years she called, texted and saw her free of charge. But Rice is forever changed. She can't be near a school or go to restaurants. She can't sleep without medication.
Reagan Gaona, 19, credits a therapist for helping to save her life. Gaona was finishing her sophomore year when her boyfriend, Chris Stone, was killed at the school. It took three therapists to find the right fit. Now, on one side of Gaona's left forearm, she has a tattoo of a rose alongside the date of the shooting, May 18, 2018, and on the other side butterflies with semicolons as bodies, signifying mental health awareness and suicide prevention.
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