One World Strong has been helping survivors of terrorism, from the Pulse Nightclub shooting to the Manchester England Arena bombing. The group was created by survivors of the Boston Marathon bombings. Read our interview with 1WorldStronger's founder.
Dave Fortier, founder and president of One World Strong and a survivor of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, in the WBUR studios speaking with Rupa Shenoy.
A group of Boston Marathon bombing survivors is channeling its experience with trauma to help other victims of terrorism and hate crimes. In 2016, they created the One World Strong Foundation, which has responded to tragedies, from the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, to the Manchester England Area bombing. It's now a growing network of survivors around the world.
"In the hospital rooms in Orlando we were able to make those connections. There were survivors of the event there that didn't even speak English, but you'd see that connection being made just by being in the room.""It's a regular conversation and it's different everywhere we go. Not everybody heals the same way, and that's the most important thing to remember in all this. You know, they don't have to tell their whole story.
"It actually also led us down the road of prevention. Stories of survivors can make a difference not only for survivors, but people that might be thinking about doing something to harm others. I learned that from talking with former al Qaeda and former extremists on the left and on the right. They didn't really understand what they were doing.
"Our goal has been to get those stories out there to help stop these things from happening. We'll never know if those stories will ultimately stop something from happened. But [if it does] that's one less community that we need to visit, wherever that might be."
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