The morning of the 20th was like any other for me. I was in a great mood and extremely hyper. It was passing period before 5th hour. I had just finished talking to my boyfriend and wishing him good luck on his choir performance later that afternoon. I walked to Math class and sat down to receive birthday invitations from one of my best friends Allison. As I sat there reading them and being goofy groups were preparing to present the problem from the home work. Then everything that day came to a screeching halt. A girl named Amanda came in and said something I don't think I will ever forget. "Mrs. Hazelwood there is a guy with a gun downstairs." Mrs. Hazelwood stopped us from innitailly running out into the road worried that they could be outside or close by. THen we saw people flooding out past our door. We all began to run. I being the foolish girl I am ran towards the Choir room to find Sean. This was as the fire doors were closing. I made my way to the doors to see someone walk in to the science halls. Thats when someone pulled the back of my shirt and pulled me out of the school. With that my friends Allison, Devon and I, ran out and crossed Pierce Street into Leawood Park. My friend Lanae and I ran into the neighborhood and came to a woman’s house who allowed us to call our families. Lanae's mom arrived before mine so she took us to Leawood Elementary School. I was never so grateful see my parents in all my life. But I still hadn't heard from my boyfriend. My first panic attack came while still in the park when the Choir teacher came out as did half the class but not my boyfriend. I asked Mr Andres if he knwe where Sean was but he said no. And with that I fainted. Finally I received a page from him although it still didn’t calm my nerves enough, after all he could of paged me while still in the school. I saw my friend Andy and Zack together. Zack had choir. I went over to them and asked if they had seen Sean. Zack said he hadn't but then Andy told me the most wonderful news. He had seen Sean safe at the library. Andy and I went into the cafeteria and sat there. He was in forensics with me and so he had been looking for all the members of the team. He still hadn't found our friend Rachel. That night I went home and watched the news still in shock and unable to believe this was us. This was my life. the next morning I went to church at Light of the World to see if any more news had been heard about my friends. I saw my friend Nick and ran up to ask about Rachel. He just shook his head. I looked in disbelief and then suddenly hit. I started to cry even harder then I was and Nick and I hugged for a few moments. Finally the service began and I sat there. Numb and in pain. After the service I found my other friends and ran into my friend named Sarah. She too is on the team with us and asked if I had heard. Heard what? about Rachel yes. But there was something else too. She told me then that my friend since Kindergarten, Dan Mauser, too had died. I was shattered and didn’t know what to do. I went home and called my boyfriend and told him. I went to Clement Park that day. Met with my friends Allison and Devon at Rachel’s car. Many of my friends and teammates were there. I spent most of that day crying. It still is painful to think about. Its almost been two months since that day. I still cry a lot. And I’m still really hurt about everything. I have gone to see where Dan and Kelly Fleming are buried. Its a beautiful cemetery. Beautiful, just like everyone who died that day.

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ONE YEAR LATER: Lessons Learned and LIves Changed