The article recounts the harrowing experience of teacher Ivy Schamis during a school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Despite the chaos and tragedy, Schamis devises a plan to express love to her students if the shooter returns, conveying a powerful message amidst horror. After narrowly escaping, she realizes her new role is to support the survivors. She takes a personal approach, reflecting on her actions in the aftermath, such as cleaning her bloodstained boots, which symbolize the lingering effects of trauma on both her and her students.
"The moment never came. The gunman doubled back to the class across the hall, but not to Room 1214. At the command of a SWAT team, Ms. Schamis climbed over bodies and ran with her surviving students down the blood-smeared hallway, out the doors, and into the blinding light."
"For them, she would be what she couldn't be for the two who died: a lifeline. She felt she owed them that. She had been the only adult in the room."
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