When I saw the title I thought you were spending overnight at claires in “secret” but holy cow i’m glad you’re family is okay! America really needs to take action about gun violence because not only does it hurt the people physically hurt from the shooter but also many many other people scarred from the event.
I experienced this exact kind of terror at SF Pride with my girlfriend this year. We hid in the lobby of a hotel, packed in like sardines with a crowd of strangers all clinging to each other, trying to stifle their tears. It was one of the worst moments of my life. No one should ever have to go through this.
@@rubyruby7573be so fucking fr. That’s like someone venting to you and you saying “well other people have had it worse” which I’m absolutely convinced that you would do now.
I'm so glad your safe. The amount of gun violence in the USA is disgusting, and please, NEVER post where you are hiding during shootings, etc. The person doing it could see it and find out where you are, just for your own safety.
What people don't understand is that you don't need to have the bullet in your body to get hurt from such experience. I'm glad you survived, I wish you well physically and mentally♡
Girl that employee should be proud of themselves it's scary hearing knocking where you're hiding and not knowing if the person saying police is the shooter is pretending to be a cop
In some workplace training we were told to ask the officer to slide the badge under the door if it would fit or to call 911 and confirm that officers have made it to the scene and it was secure.
@@muntaybun7690 that would be an okay idea, but the thing is you'd probably want to be quiet in that situation since if it WAS a shooter, asking them that would notify them that people were definitely inside.
@@inviisible This is also true. Mainly I wanted to give an alternative to the situation over just trusting someone saying it is the police and running out like they did. With them running out and taking the chance I am guessing they were there long enough to make the judgement call that it had a high probability of being the police and not the shooter. In reality a lot of the trainings for shooters for workers in my office was a matter of situation, gut feelings, and judgement calls at the time. Similar to how when a shooting happens you have to decide between running from the sounds of a possible shooter or hiding. Every shooter situation is different and has different calls that you have to make in the moment to ensure you make it to safety either with yourself, coworkers, or family/friends.
@@muntaybun7690 Do you have the option to text police? You could do that instead. Also if you just wait a while after the police claim, you can hear if they leave or not then you can call the police and check.
Every time I go to a public place, I’m on edge. I’m looking at exit signs and body language and the environment around me. I always remind myself “today it could be me”… I have nightmares about active shooters. I’m not safe in America. This real epidemic is gun violence. It’s currently the leading cause of death for children. If you live in the U.S. please vote for restricting gun laws. It’s worked in other countries like Australia and and Canada it can help make this country a safer place. Thank you for sharing your experience. Everyone thinks “it won’t happen to me”. But it can. Especially at this rate.
I get you, but with knife crime in England:( it’s not nearly as common as the us but still extremely common that people get their lives taken away for cruel reasons
Sandy Hook happened in my town when I was 15 and I will never recover. I cannot go out without being reminded that it has happened here and could happen again.
I totally understand that we definitely need better restrictions on the ability to buy a firearm, but the sad part is people who don't follow the law will get a gun by illegal means anyways. It's horrible.
@@CYBRSCREM OMG WHO KNEW- Im not saying theres no guns in Canada, im saying that they are illegal here but people still manage to bring them here... Welp I dont wanna start a fight so lets not care about this conversation...
@@IAteARatYT i would usually get mad bc ur so rude but if i wanna move there i gotta know they're all not nice..... i still have no idea why you're so pressed? it was supposed to be a lil "funny" comment... ik u can smuggle them i thought u were saying they're legal.
i’m so sorry this happened the fact that there’s so many shootings in the USA right now is unbelievable im so glad you’re alright and i can’t believe how traumatizing this must be
I’m so scared bc school are getting shot at more often now days and I live in a heavy gun area and I’m going to middle school soon.. my sister had a shooting happen near her middle school and the principal didn’t clearify that they wherent on campus she’s ok same with everyone else but still.
Hey love. I was in a school shooting and know exactly how you feel. I’m so sorry that this happened but I can tell you it will get better. I’m not watching the video because gun violence triggers me so I don’t know your exact story but I want to say I’m so glad you are safe. I have done protests against gun violence and I’m happy to say that restrictions are starting to be put in place (if that helps any).
I can't even imagine how hard this must have been to experience and even recount- thank you for making a tender video like this. As horrible as it is, it's so important for us to know the reality of all of this and how unexpected it can be. I stand with you, now more than ever. We need urgent change. Sending love and well wishes to everyone in your family and everyone who was there that day- take care and be kind with yourselves♥♥♥
I am so glad you are ok. We are extremely lucky in Tokyo , it never happens, but I can remember the guy running over innocent people in akihabara when we first moved there. All because he was depressed and angry with society. It did scare me for a while as my children were young at the time and it took me a long time to go out of the house and I became a hikmori for 3 years. Be brave be strong. America needs to sort gun crime out now.
It’s absolutely horrifying that this happened to you. I hope you and your family and little Enzo are alright and that you’re healing Please don’t let your regrets weigh you down, no one could possibly be prepared for a situation like that. You did the absolute best you could
I come from the UK, so I can't imagine how you guys in the US must feel with these events happening on a frequent basis. I'm so sorry for what you have went through with your family - and I'm especially sorry for Enzo. No child should have to go through that when they're so young and haven't even had the chance to enjoy their life; I'd thank whoever had let him live unharmed. But child or not, no one should experience this tragedy at all. Please, get some rest, take care of yourself, and make time for things that make you smile. Speaking about your trauma and feelings on a video can be quite therapeutic, so that's a good step forward. Again, please take care of yourself, hope you and your family feel better soon.
I moved from Texas to Scotland in 2015 and it was stunning to learn how much things there changed after Dunblane. Meanwhile, that kind of tragedy happens in the US on a regular basis and a large segment of the population just shrug and say, 'Well that's a fact of life deal with it.' I've cut off nearly my entire maternal family because they're like that (and more).😔
Im currently studying abroad in the UK as an overseas student- I now see why my mother refused to send me to an American boarding school and chose the UK instead. Thankfully, we don’t have to worry about this often in the UK and im grateful she took it into account since I had initially considered going to the U.S, by myself, to study in a whole new environment that bears no resemblance to where I come from. I had also considering applying for an engineering university in the U.S such as MIT but now im reconsidering if I want to risk it. :/ Stay safe in these uncertain times everyone!
Glad your'e safe, also glad that it sounds like nobody got hurt. A 19 year old should not have access to an AR-15. Civilians don't need weapons that can spray that many bullets in one go. Those things were designed as murder machines for active war zones. (Fuck Imperialism) I don't judge people if they feel the need to own a pistol, hunting rifle, or a revolver for personal self/home defense. But those are One Bullet At A Time, Use Sparingly type of weapons. Wholly incapable of the kind of maiming that an AR-15 could do. (If I could liquidate ALL guns all over the globe, I would) Anyway sorry to go on a rant. I agree that something has to change, and again, I'm glad you and your family are okay.
I hate gun violence and to see that one of my favorite creators had to go through this traumatic situation is so horrible and makes me sick. I hope you and anyone else involved in this situation will be able to get through this 💖
I agree. It's scary to go anywhere in the US. I feel so paranoid when I go to school to the point that I'm almost ALWAYS strategizing an escape and my choices in these kinds of situations. Just hearing the cries of everyone in that store is unbearable. And you, and your family, and everyone else in the entire mall had to experience that! I can't even imagine what I would feel in that situation or what would happen. I'm thankful you and everyone else is safe. But that does not change the fact that this should have never happened.
I'm so happy your family and community are safe. Wishing you all love and safety processing this traumatic event. After seeing your Ig stories, I quickly looked up the news on it and found little information. One article (wrongly) citied the shots as "accidental." This shooting was, in my opinion, swept under the rug. It is disturbing how domestic terrorism is being treated as a new normal. We have what it takes to change this, if only the right people would listen.
They’re all swept under the rug unless the number is big enough or someone important enough was effected. Two kids died at the neighboring school because of this epidemic and everyone forgot when the next one came along. Given I do excuse the rest of the world forgetting that one, considering ‘the next one’ was Stoneman Douglas.
I have personally experienced a shooting outside my cousins house. I was 6,it was really traumatizing. I get how you feel in a way, and I'm so sorry that this happened to you. Sending lots of love.
As a middle schooler my class really scares me sometimes, whenever we do lockdown drills, they are never quiet. The last lockdown drill we had was horrific, everyone was screaming and me and my friend were sitting quietly in a corner with a few other students. If that was a real lockdown, I probably wouldn’t have been here. I’m very thankful that it wasn’t a real lockdown, but in case of emergency I thankfully know what to do. Besides that I’m glad you and your family are safe.
at my school they never told us if the lockdown was real and i went through a lockdown in middle school so it was very frustrating that my classmates would joke and not take it seriously
Fr im a middle schooler and every loud noise scares me, I have severe anxiety but even if it’s a drill if somebody even moves a chair I cry. I get so scared and people push it off like it’s nothing.
I totally get that, in eighth grade a gun was brought to the highschool down the street so we went into lockdown. Me and a couple other students had older siblings who went to that highschool and we were utterly terrified, while seventh grade boys next to us joked and mimicked guns. It's so so frustrating when people don't take it seriously, especially being in a school district that has had multiple close calls (a planned out shooting which was stopped a day before it occurred by one of the kids involved, that particular experience, various bomb threats, etc). It's scary that so many kids are totally desensitized to making fun of these subjects that should be treated with far more caution and respect :(
Same. They never take this stuff seriously and then this happens and we are all dead because Tyson couldnt be quiet! This is why teachers get so mad at students who arent quiet. My middle school friends had a huge fight and i had to just watch so scared there was blood police and a psycho girl running screaming at me in handcuffs and a teacher trying to drag her.
I'm so sorry for you. I cant imagine being separated from some of my family while locked in a small room. You are completely right no one should have to go through this.
So glad you guys are safe. I can’t imagine this happening. It’s actually such a situation of “this won’t happen to me” but this changes so much. Thank you Thank you for taking about this. I hope you all can recover from the event ❤️
I was there for the Greenwood Park Mall shooting that occurred just a month ago. It’s the scariest thing I’ve ever witnessed and I’m still not ok. I’ve had to choice but to go back to work since. I have nightmares every single night. I’m so so glad you’re safe and ok now. You’re not alone. Everything feels so unsafe now. You making this video is extremely important to bringing light to these tragedies.
I'm really happy you're alright, that's a truly terrifying thing to go through, I honestly worry about that kind of stuff a lot with my job and where I'm located so it was good for me I think to watch this video
I'm scared of this happening to me (I'm a black female), whether I reject some dude who can't take "no" for an answer or police who end up shooting me (And it most likely not being reported on the news that much like most black female police violence cases are sadly ). What happened to this lady is disgusting and I can't believe this is how our country is. I'm starting to hate guns for how we are using them to kill each other and even our own children for stupid reasons. This isn't about freedom, it's about genocide.
When you talked about freezing and not processing what was happening, I related to that a lot. It’s not an immediate fear that happens. During a storm one day, I had heard a tornado siren, and I just sorta froze. I knew what it was but it didn’t feel real, and it didn’t fully process. But then the panic really hits you like a wave, and it’s intense. It’s both a slow process and a fast process at the same time.
so sorry you had to experience that... I'm so glad you and your family are safe. it is incredibly shitty that we have to always have in the back of our mind that while we're out in public someone might show up to try and hurt us, our family, our kids... something has to change.
Went through something similar with my partner recently also at a US mall.. he's a Hottopic manager and I'm between jobs at the moment- and usually I would go with friends to the mall during his shifts so it would be easier to meetup afterwards. The one day I decided to stay home due to a particularly early shift maybe 2 weeks ago- he blew up my phone and the first thing I saw from him was "someone has a gun". He's at work. Apparently he was one of the employees having to escort people out the back, he even ran back into the mall to retrieve things and make sure everyone was out, had to redirect crying children and mothers who were separated during the rush and help people down the concrete stairs. Once it came out it was a false alarm (there were unpermitted and now banned confetti canons) he continued work as expected. Came home and broke down. Genuinely so traumatizing and not a single person deserves to go through that. my 20 year old partner didn't - but especially an 8-year old. I'm so sorry.
I haven't been able to watch yet but this is terrifying and im so sorry for everyone involved in this situation. we love you and hope you heal well 💖💖💖💖
This is absolutely terrifying! I am so glad that you are all safe! I really don't understand why guns are so unregulated in the US! This kind of thing is not normal, other countries do not have shooters every day, not even violent third world countries - like mine, Brazil. Please demand laws to make herder to acquire guns in th US! Stay safe! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Oh my gosh I thought this was a completely different kind of video. I live in Canada and I can’t imagine how terrifying and traumatic this would be, I’m so sorry you had to experience this especially with your family around. One of my biggest fears is being in a situation where I can’t save my family members.
When I was like 10 y.o. I went to buy popsicles on a small market near my home and walked right into a robbery, one of the burglars made me lay on the ground with a gun to my head while the other got the money from the cashier. My mother was very afraid this event would traumatize me for life but thankfully it didn’t, maybe because I was so naive I didn’t even register the seriousness of the situation while it was happening. I hope this won’t deeply affect your child too and that all of you can heal from this traumatizing experience 🙏 sending lots of love
That is so terrifying. I hope you can recover soon. My mom's friend actually went through the same thing (Tyson's Corner shooting). You are not alone. I am glad you, your family, the victim, and everyone, in general, are safe. Sending hugs.
Oh my gosh! Chills ran down my spine when I heard this was at chandler mall, considering I go there a lot with my family. I’m glad your ok. It’s crazy that I had been in that same Claire’s, where something that terrible had happened. I hope you have a good recovery and stay safe.
Im really sorry this happend to you I cant imagine how scared you and your family felt. I'm glad you and everyone is safe I hope you and everyone else can recover from this.
I am really sorry this happened to you :( Pls take as long as a break as you want hun we'll be here for you. I can't believe people like that exist ♥️ I'm glad your family made it out safe
I feel so stupid because I thought it was one of those challenge videos but I’m so glad you guys are safe. This video truly indicates that something needs to be ASAP to gun control.
The part where your son (im pretty sure) was saying "I wanna leave" broke me. I know this happened 2 years ago now but I hope you and your family are okay. I 100% agree with you, there should be a change in America with gun violence. I hope your doing better now❤
Oh Jesus I’m so sorry you had to deal with this and I’m so happy you’re ok- please PLEASE take some time for your mental health to recover and to digest this situation- I pray everyone in this situation is alright
i know it’s been a while but srsly when i saw your shorts i knew you were probably a sweet person, but after watching this video i realize that you really are a good person. all the advice you gave is true, and thank you for making this video. i know i’m commenting a year later, but stuff like that never really leaves you. it must’ve been hard making this video, but you made it and you taught us about safety. thank you you are a very sweet person ❤
holy fucking shit-. i feel so bad for you guys and and im sorry that happened to you!! no one should EVER go through that, like E V E R im so glad you guys are safe and ok.
My friend lives near there and I was so worried about them but I'm so happy my friend, you and your family are all safe. I'm so happy you had to go through this you a such an amazing and inspirational person stay strong and take care of yourself 🌈♥️
I’m so thankful you and your family and everyone you were with was safe. When things like this keep happening and nothing is done it’s gross. Thank you so much for sharing your story and I’m so glad you had the courage to. ❤️
Holy shit, I'm so sorry. I don't know what I would've done if I was put in your place, it must've been terrifying. I'm glad you and your family made it out safe.
I clicked on this video thinking it would be a hiding in Claire's over night or smth left very informed and sad. I'm sorry about everything America's gun violence is one of the most horrible things in the world. No one should go through this.
I know this was a year ago, but TO THIS DAY I along with hundreds of teens and even children across America are scared to go to school because of this. Almost every single year at my school someone brings a gun to school and is caught, IMAGINE how many are not found that students or even staff members are hiding. I don't even feel safe anymore in public spaces like this. Thank you for sharing this truly terrifying experience you had and I am incredibly glad that you are ok. We need more awareness for gun violence in public places.
This happened on 4th of July this year for me. It was my first time ever going without a parental figure to watch the fireworks. It was all going well and me and my siblings were having fun. But some fight started (later discovered there was no guns) far away from us. And I turn my head and this lady screams something in Spanish and pushed her baby cart and grabs her children and suddenly her and everyone else is just RUNNING. We were in a city we didn't live in. My eldest brother stood stunned for a moment before telling us all to run. It was terrifying running through the streets dragging my sister and chasing my brother. It was my first ever experience with something like that. Families got separated, people were running through every street. I'd never seen anything like it before. My heart wouldn't stop beating. I experienced my first adrenaline rush. I was left shaking and my sister was left petrified and crying and coughing because she was forced to run way harder than she was used to. It was so terrifying that I left my grandmother's the next day with my sister and haven't been back since. Even thinking about it kind of makes me forget to breathe. I remember hearing someone frantically use their cell phone trying to contact their mother and cousins. I remember a man asking us why we were running and I just told him to "go home" and he turned right around and ran with us like he was used to it. I was terrified we were being followed everytime the people around us rushed ahead. It felt like there was some hidden bullet waiting to lodge itself into my back at any moment. I could hardly breathe waiting for that sharp pain. We went home, turned out all the lights. And closed all the windows. We HID the whole night just in case the shooter was prowling the nearby streets for stragglers. It's telling how quickly everyone assumed a gun was involved when a fight started. But I also heard people yell things like "fire" and "dead body" so that DID NOT help. It also didn't help that most of the runners were yelling in short sentences or in spanish.
This was 6 months ago, but that still feels recent. It took me a while to finally be mentally stable enough to watch this, and I’m glad I waited and watched it now. I hope you and the rest of your family is fine now.
im so glad you're okay, that sounds so incredibly scary. It's amazing how brave you are, but so horrible that you had to make this video in the first place. The fact that someone tried to shoot innocent people is so heartbreaking and cruel. Stay safe, im so sorry you had to go through this.
as Someone who survived a similar situation about 10 years ago. This needs to be talked about. Your story means a lot and I know that if enough of us share our stories loud enough our government will not be able to ignore the issue any longer.
The whole video I was pretty much straight faced, some of it made my jaw (physically) drop. When the video ended, I started crying. Only a few tears, but I don’t know why. I’m sorry you went through this, and I hope you and Enzo haven’t developed any PTSD. I’m almost the same age as enzo now. (I’m 10 in October) My life would be torn to parts if that happened to me.
Kristina!!! I am so thankful you and Enzo are safe. I hope you take time to heal, rest, and recover after such an intense incident. You're safe now and that's all that matters. Sending u big big hugs. xx
I really can’t imagine how much fear you had throughout that traumatizing moment. Not only for you but for your family and everyone else involved. I’m so so glad you and your baby are safe and that you were able to sit down and share your experience. 💕
A mall shooting happened at a mall I live very close to. I remember it was my birthday and I was at the main event celebrating with my friends. The main event was right next to the mall. I am extremely lucky that I survived. I’m not exactly sure how many deaths there were, but my condolences go out to all of those peoples families. Now i get very scared entering that mall.
i'm so glad you are safe and i hope the rest of your family is ok! things like this happens and i hope you recover from thoses horrible things that you experienced. :(
You are so strong. Take as much time as you need to heal.❤ Things like this are so much more common than they should ever be. We need to put action into this. Thank you for your bravery for telling us. Remember we love and support you!❤
I am so thankful everyone was safe physically. I also hope your family will be able to mentally recover from this as best as can be done. I'm seventeen and the gun culture in the United States disgusts me. My schools had active shooter drills monthly starting in kindergarten. In middle school, there was a power outage, and I realised that if someone had cut the power on purpose, there would be no way for the staff to warn each other. I have done active shooter training three times for minimum wage jobs. Luckily nothing ever happened while I was in my stores, but one day I did get a call not to come in because there was a situation similar to yours (shots fired, after the investigation it was found there were no injuries). I also wanted to mention that in active shooter training, we were absolutely permitted from opening the door unless the person knocking identified themselves as an officer and showed us their badge. If you remember the officers names that found your group, I'd suggest reporting them. These officers being unclear must've made things so much scarier, and could've had a worse ending. No one should have to deal with this bullshit. Let alone the mostly teenagers who work retail and get paid poverty wages. The politically powerful in our country need to make big changes.
I wanted to say this earlier when I first saw this video, but I’m so glad your safe and I’m so sorry you had to go through that. That must have been so traumatic:(
I’m rewatching your video after the same happened to me yesterday, I totally agree, we should not have to feel scared at all when just going on with our daily lives. Change needs to happen.
god damn im crying too now 😭😭😭 im so so sorry for what has happened to yall 😭 pls reach for proffesional help after this traumatic event, it could couse ptsd and other dangerous unpleasant illnesses 😭 pls pls pls go to a therapist/ psychiatrist AND TAKE UR SON!!! hes so small this event could couse even worse consequences for him
I hate how when i saw the title i immediately knew what it was about. I live in the US and the amount of gun violence terrifies me. I have had two bomb threats and one shooter threat in my school in the past year alone, and I can’t even count how many drills. I’m so glad that this family was okay and safe, but the amount of families who are not after incidents like this needs to change. I wish everyone safety and happiness and i hope that you never have to go through anything like this again. Stay safe all.
Im really sorry this happened to you. Shootings are highly traumatizing and schools starting up for me again, im scared something will happen, i live right by my school but i dont want this to happen, its scary that some people get away with this too. Im sending love and positivity towards everybody that has to deal with anything like this; any kind of traumatizing experience. I wish you and your family well ❣❣❣
The school system is not only worse but now us kids have to deal with the fear that we might be killed. I fucking hate it here sometimes. I'm in 12th grade, it's my LAST year of school. I could die. Even a child who is starting preschool or 1st grade may have that fear. No little kid should worry about that. Our generation is being failed on real bad.
omg i am so so sorry this happened, im so fortunate that i live in the uk and gun violence is very uncommon, i hope you end up recovering from this trauma. xxx
I'm so glad you're safe. That must have been terrifying. America is more focused on taking away human rights rather than controlling guns. It's absolutely heartbreaking 💔 prayers to everyone🙏🏻💔
I'm so so glad you all made it out safely. This is honestly so awful, no one should have to go through this. And yet it keeps happening. I'm so sorry about everything. Like you said, there needs to be change. We'll do what we can to make it happen.
Another American here. Last year, probably around the same time this video came out, the same thing happened to me. Im a mall employee, and it just so happened that there was a shooting in the food court of the mall I work. So, two other associates, my boss, and I (myself and other associate being minors at the time) riled everyone to the back of our store and had to do our best to stay calm. Not just for ourselves, but for the customers. To have to watch those kids be so scared, and to not know whether we would get to tell them if they would be okay or not, was mortifying.
I know I’m late but the amount of gun violence in USA is horrible. The school shootings, the mall shootings, every time I go to a a store I’m looking at exits and storage in every store I go into, I think “it could be me today.” Thank you for sharing this cyber girl. I hope you make a full recovery.
i am so sorry you and your family had to experience this, but i am glad you’re all safe. i hope emotionally you’re doing okay, i can’t imagine the fear you all must’ve felt. please stay strong and i wish you the best in recovering from this experience 💕💗
so glad yall are safe. this stuff is so scary, i cant imagine what you guy were going though. hope you and your family are doing well and taking stuff pretty slowly.
this is so heartbreaking! i’m so sooo glad you and your family are safe. i’m so sorry you went through this. when i found out i was so scared for you. bc just a few days this shooting happened another shooting happened at AZMills ! what is wrong with people… no one should ever have to go through that i’m so sorry.
This is so powerful, thank you for sharing your story. I can't even imagine how difficult it was to make this video. Just watching the short clip was so chilling and left me speechless. I hope our politicians see this and start to bring change because something needs to happen, no one should have to go through this
You are so brave for telling your story about this! I am so happy you and your loved ones got out of this situation safely. Thank you for telling us to be safe. I really really wish this wasn't the reality we have to live in.
