legislation after another series of deadly mass shootings of force the issue back to the top of its agenda. on wednesday, family and survivors from the racially motivated attack at a supermarket in buffalo, new york, as well as the robb elementary shooting in uvalde, texas, will participate in a hearing held by the committee on oversight and reform. among the speakers will be maya surrey oh, a robb elementary fourth grader who was trapped in one of the adjoining classrooms of the gunman attacked. she told cnn that she covered herself in her classmates blood and play dead for an hour until law enforcement finally brought an end to the attack. now, she will tell her story to the entire country. think about this for just a second, think about the trauma that has been inflicted on school children because of our inaction. think about how much we ve been active asking of young people across this country as the united states senate has continued to stall on passing any kind of legis
makes fun of me, but i no way i can make them stop. the culture perpetuates itself. it is worth saying that 19 minutes was written in 2007. that was one was published. it has been 15 years, and it has only become more relevant. and i really wish it wasn t. more rollover of a very regular basis. let s go rock to bullying. it was a motivation for you to write this book. tell me why. well, you know, i remember very distinctly when my oldest son was five years old, i remember going to his school and just watching this kid pull out the chair of another little girl, but before snack time, just to let her lunch tray would fall all over herself. this was a quiet little girl who was very shy. it s the kid to get to get a laugh and to tease this poor girl he was kind of on the fringes of the class. and they thought, wow, it starts so early. when i was an eighth grade 1 million years ago, i had my hand in a locker reaching in for a book, and the bully came in a slams the locker and my
believe there is power in literature, band or. otherwise maybe this book can help a velshi banned book club member explore their feelings and fears surrounding the heart wrenching issue of school shootings, if they didn t happen is frequently as they do. maybe reading the book will generate meaningful conversation. for some of you, have in the discussion we are about to have might be too soon. so please do consider this a content warning. the book is called 19 minutes, by the prolific bestselling author jodi picoult. he is set in sterling, new hampshire, in 2007. throughout the, book time clashes between the past and the present. , before or during, and after a school shooting perpetrated by peter. a bullied 17-year-old. the timeframe in the books title is in reference to how long the school shooting lasted. it s of 19 minutes for peter to murder ten people from his school and severely wounded several others. the story is told through the intertwining lives of several people from the s
legislation after another series of deadly mass shootings of force the issue back to the top of its agenda. on wednesday, family and survivors from the racially motivated attack at a supermarket in buffalo, new york, as well as the robb elementary shooting in uvalde, texas, will participate in a hearing held by the committee on oversight and reform. among the speakers will be maya surrey oh, a robb elementary fourth grader who was trapped in one of the adjoining classrooms of the gunman attacked. she told cnn that she covered herself in her classmates blood and play dead for an hour until law enforcement finally brought an end to the attack. now, she will tell her story to the entire country. think about this for just a second, think about the trauma that has been inflicted on school children because of our inaction. think about how much we ve been active asking of young people across this country as the united states senate has continued to stall on passing any kind of legislation, as
from a robb elementary school staffer. amelia, called a, me marin. who, if you may remember, initially was the teacher that authority said propped open the door to that school. one of many details that turned out to be incorrect. she saw the gunman and close that door but, for whatever reason, it didn t lock and she is currently traumatized according to her lawyer. video from the school does confirm that she did indeed close that door. but her filing seeks to get information about this georgia -based gun manufacturer, daniel defense, who made the ar-15 style rifle used by the gunman in this massacre, about how it markets its products, if it markets towards teens and young adults and, specifically, to the shooter. if they marketed to him, someone that maybe shouldn t have a gun. if not a full blown lawsuit, but it is a pre lawsuit petition to gather information. texas law says that, basically,