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It Happened Here – A Year in Uvalde

20/20

ABC News

True Crime

3.8 β€’ 7.3K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 20 May 2023

⏱️ 90 minutes

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The courageous journeys of families and survivors following the tragedy at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:17.2

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that keeps passionate gardeners in the heart of everything they do. To find out more, head

0:27.8

to Gardina.com-flash-uk. Good evening, I'm John Kinyones. It's been one year since that

0:38.3

senseless mass shooting here at Rob Elementary School in Newvalde, Texas. 19 students and

0:45.0

two teachers lost their lives that awful day and the world changed forever. ABC News has

0:52.2

been on the ground here in Newvalde for the past year. What follows? The very personal

0:57.5

stories of the courageous families and survivors, all of whom open their homes and their hearts,

1:04.4

so that we will never forget.

1:22.1

This is a column that I wrote for the Evalida Leader News.

1:28.1

I am many things. A mother, a journalist, a student, a runner.

1:49.5

Now I carry another title. When I wish I could give back, I am the mother of a mass shooting victim.

1:56.4

I'm Kimberly Rubio. I'm Lexi's mom. Running my three mile outdoor route is the only time I

2:04.2

allow myself to ruminate on the events that unfolded on May 24th, 2022. The day and 18-year-old

2:11.1

armed with an assault-style weapon murdered my youngest daughter, Alexandria, Lexi, Rubio,

2:17.0

and ten of her classmates, along with two teachers and eight students in an adjacent classroom.

2:22.2

I guess running away, it's probably not a good thing, but that's what it feels like just getting away.

2:32.6

It's the only time I really let myself think about what happened that day. I don't want to

2:38.4

process that when I'm here at home, but when I'm running about myself. I left my daughter at school

2:47.1

and she never came home. There was somewhere I could go to escape this pain. I had already booked my flight.

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