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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAurora Victim was at mall shooting in Toronto, tweeted at theater right before death
http://twitchy.com/2012/07/20/aurora-victim-jessica-ghawi-was-tweeting-just-before-her-death/
( This site is sucky but the info is valid - has her tweets )
From her blog about the shooting in Toronto:
"My receipt shows my purchase was made at 6:20 pm. After that purchase I said I felt funny. It wasnt the kind of funny you feel after spending money you know you shouldnt have spent. It was almost a panicky feeling that left my chest feeling like something was missing. A feeling that was overwhelming enough to lead me to head outside in the rain to get fresh air instead of continuing back into the food court to go shopping at SportChek. The gunshots rung out at 6:23. Had I not gone outside, I wouldve been in the midst of gunfire.
I walked around the outside of the mall. People started funneling out of every exit. When I got back to the front, I saw a police car, an ambulance, and a fire truck. I initially thought that maybe the street performer that was drumming there earlier had a heart attack or something. But more and more police officers, ambulances, and fire trucks started showing up. Something terrible has happened. I overheard a panicked guy say, There was a shooting in the food court. I thought that there was no way, I was just down there. I asked him what happened. He said Some guy just opened fire. Shot about 8 shots. It sounded like balloons popping. The guy is still on the loose. Im not sure what made me stick around at this point instead of running as far away from the mall as possible. Shock? Curiosity? Human nature? Who knows.
Standing there in the midst of the chaos all around us, police started yelling to get back and make room. I saw a young shirtless boy, writhing on a stretcher, with his face and head covered by the EMS as they rushed him by us to get him into an ambulance. The moment was surprisingly calm. The EMTs helping the boy werent yelling orders and no one was screaming like a night time medical drama. It was as if it was one swift movement to get the boy out of the mall and into the ambulance. Thats when it really hit me. I felt nauseas. Who would go into a mall full of thousands of innocent people and open fire? Is this really the world we live in?
Police start yelling again GET BACK NOW! Another stretcher came rushing out of the mall. I saw a man on a stretcher, the blanket underneath him spotted with blood. Multiple gunshot holes in his chest, side, and neck were visible. Its not like in the movies when you see someone shot and theyre bleeding continuously from the wound. There was no blood flowing from the wounds, I could only see the holes. Numerous gaping holes..."
She was going to be a sportscaster and tweeted as Jessica Redfield
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Aurora Victim was at mall shooting in Toronto, tweeted at theater right before death (Original Post)
Tsiyu
Jul 2012
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UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)1. She was killed in the shooting today?
ananda
(28,868 posts)2. Yes she was killed by Holmes last night.
Also, I believe she's the one from San Antonio near here.
UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)7. That's really spooky.
A tragic coincidence.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)3. Wow - that is chilling.
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)4. Indeed. Her blog is chilling as well
And again, it's a rightie dummie site, but I thought it was such a sad coincidence.
So many lives lost for nothing.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)5. Sorry - thats what I meant.
I read the link with the tweets and her account of the Toronto Cafe shooting. Reading her describing the gut check she felt telling her to leave the mall was surreal.
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)6. Unbelievable, isn't it?
and her comments about cherishing life because you never know....just. Wow.
What are the odds someone would be in both places where a deranged idiot does this?
a kennedy
(29,682 posts)8. keeping this kicked
edit to change smilie