The killer, now aged 34, slaughtered 12 people and wounded 70 more when he stormed a midnight screening of Batman movie 'The Dark Knight Rises' in July 2012.
About a half hour into the film, I saw a gas canister arc high across the screen and over the crowded theater. Shots rang out from the front as I felt a bullet hit me. I called out for Lamar.
"Days later I woke up in a hospital, paralyzed from the chest down... For me, there have been surgeries , and high-tech wheelchairs, and new accessible accommodations and physical therapy." Despite being insured, he was even forced to launch a fundraising drive to raise cash for medical treatment at one point. He said his life has been"a tough road."
Bereaved parents Sandy and Lonnie Phillips, who lost their daughter Jessica Redfield Ghawi in the attack, are still running an organization they founded called Survivors Empowered to help other families affected by mass shootings.reeling from atrocity."It's a club that nobody wants to belong to but once you're a part of it, you can't resign. So, you might as well become friends with one another and become another type of family.
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