Uvalde is the 20th mass shooting Sandy and Lonnie Phillips have traveled to. They have made it their mission to offer support to mass shooting survivors and those who have lost loved ones to this kind of violence.
Sandy and Lonnie Phillips have walked through crowds like those gathered around a memorial in downtown Uvalde before."Are you OK? Are you sure? Can I hug you?” Sandy Phillips said to a woman who was in tears.
The Phillipses lost their daughter, Jessi, in the Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting a decade ago. She was just 24 years old. "Because of Jessi and her tenacity and the way she lived, we do not want her to be forgotten," Lonnie Phillips says.Uvalde is the 20th mass shooting the Phillipses have traveled to. They have made it their mission to offer support to mass shooting survivors and those who have lost loved ones to this kind of violence.
Not to mention how loud noises, like a siren that interrupted our interview as we sat not far from a memorial where people mourned, can be a trigger.
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