We wanted to conduct an exercise in remembrance, seeking out the survivors of school shootings from as far back as we could find them. What, we wondered, could their memories teach us about our inattention? nym.ag/2DdpI02
"I’m doing homeschooling now. I’m not sure when I’ll go back to school. I don’t want to; I don’t feel safe." — Anthony Borges, shot at age 15 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, 2018 nym.ag/2DdpI02 
"I’m in a Mass Shooting Facebook group with other victims. When I joined, there were only a couple hundred. Now it’s almost 900." — Patrick Korellis, shot at age 22 at Northern Illinois University, 2008 nym.ag/2DdpI02
Sean Graves was shot at age 15 at Columbine High School, 1999 nym.ag/2DdpI02
"You get in this business because you like kids, you want to help them. Then all of a sudden you have someone that wants to kill you?" — Rick Maloney, shot at age 35 at Cooper High School in Abilene, 1988 nym.ag/2DdpI02
"We all have a right to carry a weapon. But we have gotten to a point where we’re training children to shoot. What are you preparing for, some big race war?" — Kenneth House, shot at 15 at Harlan High School in Chicago, 1970 nym.ag/2DdpI02
Joe Pepitone was shot at age 17 at Manual Training High School in Brooklyn, 1958 nym.ag/2DdpI02
