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Cold Case Files

I SURVIVED: I Tried To Yell But My Jaw Was Shattered

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.18.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

When a gunman opens fire in a crowded cafeteria Suzanna sees her father shot dead right in front of her. Kirby, a pastor also caught in the gunfire, sees seven of his friends slaughtered. Raegan’s ex-boyfriend viciously attacks her and her new partner with a crowbar.

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0:00.0

This episode contains subject matter that may be disturbing to some listeners.

0:04.3

Listener discretion is advised.

0:07.1

Imagine your worst horror.

0:09.1

This guy was horrible looking.

0:11.0

I mean, his face was tight.

0:12.4

It was drawn, and the eyes were just unbelievably white and large.

0:17.5

Real people.

0:19.0

And he would get right in my face and he says, what are you going to do?

0:22.7

You can't get rid of me.

0:23.7

There's nothing you can do.

0:25.6

Who faced death.

0:27.4

He was just walking from one person to the next, taking aim and pulling the trigger.

0:32.7

And live to tell how.

0:34.7

He would just reach under the table and grab them by the hair and put a gun to their

0:38.4

head and scream out of, tell me, was it worth it? This is I survived. It's October 1991 in Colleen, Texas.

0:54.0

Susanna is working at her chiropractic clinic.

0:57.0

It was a beautiful fall day, and I had just finished up with my patients that morning,

1:02.0

and my father and mother came in from the local golf course

1:06.0

and asked if I'd like to go eat at the cafeteria.

1:09.0

The place was packed, more so than usual.

1:13.6

So we weren't able to sit in our usual spot, and we went and sat off by a wall.

1:18.6

Kirby, a local pastor, was at the same cafe with his friend Mike.

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