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[Complex @Complex]

A woman who survived a school shooting at her California high school in 2001 found herself guiding her fifth-grade son through another terrifying ordeal during Thursday’s shooting at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon.

Michelle was eating at Olive Garden when she answered her son’s call on her Apple Watch and heard him tell her there was a shooter at school. She urged him to stay quiet, hung up to call 911 and rushed to the school, texting him that she loved him and that police were coming. Michelle told CNN that the 2001 shooting left her with lasting trauma, including panic attacks and a habit of scanning rooms for exits.

(Via @cnn, 📸: Getty)

[elena ilana alana alina elana @lenibriscoe]

What kind of fuck ass country has multi generational school shooting survivor families

[Sarah Fields @SarahisCensored]

🚨MEET SAYLOR GRAHAM. SHE’S ONLY SEVEN YEARS OLD. AND SHE’S FIGHTING TO RECOVER AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE FACE AT SCHOOL.

I want everyone to take a moment to look at this beautiful little girl.

Her name is Saylor Graham, and she is one of the youngest survivors of yesterday’s horrific mass shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon.

Saylor, who uses a wheelchair and already lives with significant medical challenges, was inside the classroom when 16-year-old Griffin J. John II opened fire with a 12-gauge shotgun, killing three children and a 25-year-old teacher.

Saylor survived.

And tonight, there is some encouraging news.

According to the Bend Police Department’s latest update, Saylor received lifesaving treatment at the scene and is now hospitalized at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, where she remains in serious but stable condition.

This little girl and her family were already fighting battles long before a gunman entered her classroom.

According to a GoFundMe established to support her recovery, Saylor has numerous existing medical needs. Her parents are both self-employed, and caring for their daughter has already significantly limited their ability to work.

Now they’re facing an unimaginable additional burden.

Hospital expenses. Travel. Lodging. Lost income. And the uncertainty of what Saylor’s recovery will require in the weeks and months ahead.

I’m sharing the fundraiser below for anyone who would like to help.

If you cannot contribute financially, I’m asking you to do something else.

Pray for Saylor. Pray for her parents. Pray for her medical team. And pray for every family whose life was forever changed yesterday. Please also share her story and her fundraiser everywhere. 

Four innocent people didn’t get to come home. Saylor did survive, and I’m praying this beautiful little girl continues to fight her way back to the life she deserves.

God bless you, sweet Saylor. ❤️🙏

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

The median net worth of Black American households declined by 25 percent from 2022 to 2025, according to newly released Federal Reserve data https://t.co/1R8qPzok3w

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

A Florida school employee is speaking out after 5-year-old Bellamy Dawkins-Morris was killed by a falling video board in his classroom. She says the school remained open after his death and staff received little guidance and no answers.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

BEND, Ore. (AP) — 3 children ages 5, 8 and 11 and a teacher were killed in Bend, Oregon, elementary school shooting, police say.

[Pop Base @PopBase]

Emilio Sakraya has officially been cast as Xaden Riorson in Prime Video’s ‘FOURTH WING’ series.

(https://t.co/uOT2nkj8jw)

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

First trailer for ‘THE EYES OF GHANA’, the first-ever film produced by IShowSpeed.

The documentary follows Ghanaian cinematographer Chris Hesse who attempts to rescue more than 1,000 films capturing Africa’s fight for independence in the 1950s & ’60s.

[Inside Edition @InsideEdition]

High School sophomore Lilly Bova was enjoying spring break in Chicago's family-friendly suburb, Glenview, when on a Saturday morning she died after being shot in her own bed. Her mom, Christie Maga, says her daughter was murdered, and claims she knows who did it. But nearly seven months later, no one has been charged.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

New trailer for the Muhammad Ali biopic series, exec produced by Michael B. Jordan.

Releasing November 4 on Prime Video.

[Everything Georgia @GAFollowers]

The Clark Atlanta University community is mourning the heartbreaking loss of 21 y/o senior Morgan Gamble, who was killed in a crash last night in southeast Atlanta.

Police say the driver who hit her car was going over 94 mph in a 35 mph zone and was arrested at the scene.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

100 years ago today, Winnie the Pooh was created.

[𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆🫧💚 @beyoncegarden]

this is so heartbreaking like please report that photo guys🥺

[Cody Alcorn @CodyAlcorn]

UPDATE | Hassan Kariem, who died Mon at Six Flags Over Georgia, spent more than 12 years at Wesley International Academy. Known as “Mr. Kariem,” he served as IT manager, technology teacher & robotics coach. The school says he impacted generations of students and was deeply loved.

[Pop Base @PopBase]

Happy 25th birthday to the talented Caleb McLaughlin.

[ًWave Checkers @wavecheckers]

The cast of “The Game” came together to celebrate the 20th Anniversary 🔥

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

16 years ago today, Keri Hilson released “Pretty Girl Rock.”

[Kevín @KevOnStage]

I have successfully completed over 1100 episodes of One Piece. Done with Wano into Egghead.

[𝓦𝔂𝓫𝓲𝓮 🐅 @heiskeanii]

2 YEARS LATER AND I'M STILL GAGGED

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

This guy built a squirrel city with over 1,000 homes, complete with cameras to capture what they get up to

including hugging and “kissing” their loved ones in the privacy of their own homes.