165: Hali was saved by a friend

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 26 January 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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James had a childhood that would have indicated future success. He grew up in southern California, and his father is a scientist. His mother is a registered nurse. They lived in an affluent neighborhood in San Diego. But by the time he was in middle school, James began to display some mental health issues. He tried to take his own life at age 11. But he did graduate from high school, and also completed a bachelor’s degree at the University of California Riverside. He then decided to move to Colorado and work toward a graduate degree in neuroscience. By outward appearances, he seemed to be on the right track. But he continued to battle depression, and for several years, he was obsessed with the idea of killing. One day, he acted on that obsession. He walked into a movie theater with multiple guns and started firing into the crowd of people watching a movie. My guest today is Hali. She knows exactly what it’s like to be in that situation, to be the target of an active shooter. On that day, in Aurora, Colorado, Hali was in that theater. If you’d like to contact Hali, her email is HaliandBear@gmail.com. The Silent Retreat that Hali talked about is at dhamma.org. Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/165 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS. Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it free on any app Sponsor deals: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at BetterHelp.com/whatwas and get on your way to being your best self. Go to cookunity.com/What or enter code What before checkout for 50% off your first week. Go to Seed.com/WHAT and use code 25WHAT to get 25% off your first month. Go to rakuten.com or get the Rakuten app to start saving today! To get 15% off your next gift, go to UNCOMMONGOODS.com/WHATWAS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Glass Fox Media Podcast.
0:10.0	James had a childhood that would have indicated future success.
0:15.0	He grew up in Southern California, and his father is a scientist.
0:19.0	His mother is a registered nurse.
0:22.0	They lived in an affluent neighborhood in San Diego. But by the time
0:27.8	he was in middle school, James began to display some mental health issues.
0:33.6	He tried to take his own life at age 11.
0:37.6	But he did graduate from high school
0:39.8	and also completed a bachelor's degree
0:41.8	at the University of California, Riverside.
0:45.6	He then decided to move to Colorado and worked toward a graduate degree in neuroscience. By outward appearances, he seemed to be on the right track.
0:57.9	But he continued to battle depression and for several years he was obsessed with the idea of killing.
1:05.0	One day, he acted on that obsession.
1:09.0	He walked into a movie theater with multiple guns and started firing into the crowd of people watching a movie.
1:19.3	My guest today is Haley. She knows exactly what it's like to be in that situation, to be the target of an active shooter.
1:28.0	On that day in Aurora, Colorado, Haly was in that theater.
1:37.0	Real people, in unreal situations.
1:42.0	There is a girl hanging by her broken leg from the telephone wire.
1:48.0	And I called 911 and I said, I found a baby.
1:51.0	I turned around.
1:52.0	I see a gun pointed at me close enough I could touch it.
1:56.0	She would hold our heads on the water all the time.
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