student carried out one of the worst-school shootings, in american history. and alana, alyssa, and alex, all, died in my classroom. and eight people, total, were shot in my classroom. and so, everyone that was around me, like, where i decided to, like, try to hide, was either shot or killed. reporter: there s no way it can t change you. yeah. reporter: how do you reflect on the last four years? i really only had, like, the first semester of, like, my freshman year that was, like, normal. and then, the rest just kind of was what it was. sophomore year was probably like the worst for me like mental-health wise because i was still recovering just witnessing everything i witnessed like being in the building. reporter: that was the year brooke s classmate, lauren hogg, decided they had to leave parkland and move to d.c. so much has happened that it feels like i have been living in dog years. really? like it feels like i have been in high school for 20
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killed. there s no way it cant change you. yeah. how do you reflect on the last four years? i really only have the first semester of my freshman year that was like normal. and then the rest just kind of was what it was. sophomore year was the worst for me mental healthwise. i was still recovering from witnessing everything i witnessed. like being in the building. that was the year brooke s classmate lauren hog and her family decided they had to leave parkland and move to d.c. d.c. is like my refuge. did you always like school? i like school most of my life. i hated school after the shooting. being at douglass was like being in hell. so much happened that it feels like i ve been living in dog years. like really? it feels like i ve been in high school 20 years. i tell people that all the time when they ask me how i feel about graduating. reporter: and in those years, they ve turned their pain into
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