"As the deadly attack unfolded at Brown University, leaving students hiding under desks and reeling as gunshots rang out, the scene was eerily familiar for at least two students. Years earlier, Mia Tretta, 21, and Zoe Weissman, 20, had both survived school shootings. What I've been feeling most is just, like, how dare this country allow this to happen to someone like me twice? Weissman told the New York Times."
"Weissman was in her dorm room at Brown when a friend called to warn her that a shooting was under way. Her initial feelings of panic soon turned to anger, she told NBC. I'm angry that I thought I'd never have to deal with this again, and here I am eight years later, Weissman told NBC News. She was 12 years old when she witnessed a shooting at the high school adjacent to her middle school in Parkland, Florida. The 2018 shooting left 17 people dead."
An armed attacker opened fire during final exams at Brown University, killing two people and wounding nine others while students hid under desks. Hundreds of police searched the campus and nearby neighbourhoods as the suspect remained at large. Two students — Mia Tretta and Zoe Weissman — had previously survived separate school shootings and experienced panic and anger at the recurrence. Weissman had witnessed the 2018 Parkland shooting at age 12; Tretta was shot at Saugus High School in 2019, losing a best friend. The incident renewed attention on US gun laws and mass-shooting statistics for the year.
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