Brown Students Share How Past Shootings Shape Their Fight Against Gun Violence

Hook paragraph\n\n## Background\n\nSaugus High School shooting details\n\n## Background\n\nWestglades Middle School shooting details\n\n## Recent Attack\n\nBrown attack details\n\n## Mia Tretta’s Choice\n\nTretta chose Brown because smaller size\n\n## Library Fear\n\nTretta can’t enter library alone\n\n## Tretta’s Quote\n\n\”No one in this country even assumes it’s going to happen to them,\” \”Once it happens to you, you assume or are told it will never happen again, and obviously that is not the case.\”\n\n## Zoe Weissman’s Dorm\n\nFriend called, students running\n\n## Initial Panic\n\n\”At first, I was panicked,\”\n\n## Numbness\n\n\”Once I knew a little more and I didn’t feel there was imminent danger, I felt numb — exactly how I did when I was 12.\”\n\n## Anger\n\n\”I’m angry that I thought I’d never have to deal with this again, and here I am eight years later.\”\n\n## Impact\n\n\”I think the fact this is my second shooting can be very impactful for people.\” \”When people put a face to something, they care a lot more.\”\n\n## Activism\n\nPresident of March for Our Lives at 16, chapter of group co-founded by David Hogg, activism helps heal\n\n## Tretta’s Changed Life\n\n\”I have not been the same person I was that day ever again,\”\n\n## Tretta on Brown Students\n\n\”and I assume it won’t be any different for the students at Brown.\”\n\n## Key Takeaways\n\n- Brown shooting killed two students and injured nine.\n- Both Mia Tretta and Zoe Weissman are survivors of previous shootings.\n- Their experiences fuel activism for gun regulation.