May 24th, 2022 was awards day at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Fourth grader Mayah Zamora won three of them – in math, robotics, and for making the honor roll. Not long after the ceremony, an 18 year-old walked into the school with an AR-15 style Daniel Defense rifle and started shooting.
Nineteen children and two teachers were killed. Zamora was airlifted to the hospital and has had more than sixty surgeries in the year since. Zamora’s mom, Christina, says her daughter had been a fearless child before the shooting.
“Mayah shows a fear of this world that she had never shown before,” she says. “Someone unexpectedly knocking on the door is a scary trigger for her.”
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