She Grew up on the Fringes of America’s Worst-Ever School Shootings. Then One Happened 100 ...

She grew up on the fringes of America’s worst-ever school shootings. Then one happened 100 ...

The nightmares are visceral — Molly Canty is hiding in a classroom, the gunshots are getting closer and closer, and she can’t lock the door. It’s not the first time the 21-year-old rising college senior has been traumatized by a mass shooting in a school environment, a uniquely American phenomenon. It’s a nightmare that has been stalking Canty since she was an elementary school student, later again as a middle schooler and now, as a survivor of …

She grew up on the fringes of America’s worst-ever school shootings. Then one happened 100 yards away

The nightmares are visceral — Molly Canty is hiding in a classroom, the gunshots are getting closer and closer, and she can’t lock the door.