Columbine survivor still battling invisible wounds 20 years on has a quest to help others.
Missy Mendo was in math class when she heard a banging and a rumbling. She peered out the window -- and the looks on her peers' faces outside sent a jolt through her thatWhen Mendo and her classmates ran to the hallway, she realized the rumbling was the sound of students running.reached a park across the street
That day -- April 20, 1999 -- changed the life of Mendo, her Columbine High School classmates, their families and the Littleton, Colorado, community forever. As Americans were glued to their TVs, watching as students sprinted from the school with their hands over their heads, Mendo and the country learned the tragic reality: two students opened fire at Columbine High School, murdering 12 classmates and one teacher before killing themselves inside the building.
Since working through her own trauma, Mendo has been on a mission to help the shooting survivors who came after her. Missy Mendo was a freshman during the 1999 mass shooting Columbine High School. This photo is from a dance her sophomore year.
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