“I don’t know how many years it’s gonna take to pay that off.” “The financial aspect of it is crushing, absolutely crushing,” she said. She bought a new bed to try to find more comfort and relied on delivered meals to avoid leaving her home. “That is heavy energy to be around.”Ĭhristiansen, who is based in South Deerfield, Massachusetts, turned to spending. I get very short tempered, and I get very judgmental. Her lingering PTSD and need to control her environment also has affected Christiansen’s relationships with her friends and family. She has since given up her career in the music industry, letting go of her dreams. They describe staggering medical bills that in Mayah’s case top $1 million, abandoning a dream career after 20 years, uprooting families and struggling to hold down a job, walk pets or even leave the house.Īt concerts, Christiansen no longer focused on fans’ joy, instead fixating on emergency exits and whether people could get to safety. Survivors talked to The Associated Press about the mental and physical wounds that endure in the aftermath of shootings in Uvalde Las Vegas Colorado Springs, Colorado and the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, during a Fourth of July parade last year.
Beyond the colossal medical bills and the weight of trauma and grief, mass shooting survivors and family members contend with scores of other changes that upend their lives. Since 2016, thousands of Americans have been wounded in mass shootings, and tens of thousands by gun violence, with that number continuing to grow, according to the Gun Violence Archive. An outing to the Little Mermaid movie requires noise-canceling headphones. The family is skipping Fourth of July celebrations to avoid booming fireworks.
Knocks on the door startle Mayah into a panic. CHICAGO (AP) - More than a year after 11-year-old Mayah Zamora was airlifted out of Uvalde, Texas, where she was critically injured in the Robb Elementary school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers, the family is still reeling.
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