US Edition'Really Angry': Parkland Survivor Recounts Brown University Mass Shooting
Zoe Weissman, a survivor of the 2018 Parkland shooting, said the Brown campus attack triggered her PTSD and highlighted ongoing risks despite new state gun laws.
- On Saturday, a person with a gun opened fire in Brown University's Barus and Holley engineering building, killing two and injuring nine; police took a person of interest into custody Sunday morning.
- Zoe Weissman, who survived the Parkland attack as a child, recalls seeing first responders and hearing gunshots at Westglades Middle School near Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018.
- Speaking to reporters, Weissman said she has PTSD, felt hypervigilant, and was in her Brown University dorm preparing for final exams when a friend called about the shooting.
- Providence Mayor Brett Smiley reported one victim remains in critical condition, seven are critical but stable, and one was discharged as Brown University students sheltered in place during finals.
- Weissman called for federal action and criticized Congress's inaction, while Vice President JD Vance said he was `thinking of and praying for the victims` and President Donald Trump wrote on Saturday, `All we can do at this time is pray for those who are injured`.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WSVN) – One moment, 20-year-old Zoe Weissman was in her dorm, and the next she was questioning her safety. Weissman, a sophomore at Brown University, said she was preparing to head to the library when a shooting on campus that, authorities said, killed two people and injured nine others took place. The student from South Florida said she didn’t hear any gunshots, but she heard a helicopter and saw when the first responders arri…
Mia was reviewing her exams when she received the alert. This 21-year-old American student, enrolled at Brown University in Rhode Island, was in her university home when a shooting broke out on campus this Saturday afternoon, killing two people and wounding nine."Armed violence makes no distinction"The message from the university's security service immediately brought back a painful memory at Mia Tretta: the student was shot and wounded in 2019 …
Miles apart, Brown University student witnesses 2nd mass shooting after 2018 Parkland massacre
After a shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island claimed the lives of a least two students and injured several, the tragic event is hitting close to home for some students, with one having ties to South Florida. NBC6 on Sunday spoke with Zoe Weissman, who said this wasn’t the first time she’s heard gunshots on a school’s campus “I, you know, went to sleep thinking that the shooter was still at large, and I thankfully woke up to the shooter b…
'Really angry': Parkland survivor recounts Brown University mass shooting
Zoe Weissman, a Brown University sophomore who survived the 2018 Parkland, Florida, high school shooting, said shes angry to be facing yet another tragedy again on her own campus.WATCH | Zoe Weissman urges federal action after experiencing second mass school shooting 'Really angry': Parkland survivor recounts Brown University mass shooting"I'm numb but I'm also really angry," Weissman told CNN. "I think the sadness will set in when we, you know,…
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