So sorry

May this young girl find peace and her family find comfort in knowing she is no longer tortured by the horror...

I wish all survivors could find ways to be activist like hogg and gonzales. I bet it helps quite a bit with ptsd, survivor’s guilt and other consequences. Now it is the time to make sure other survivors are getting help.

we really need to get better at this mental health shit if this could have slipped through the cracks.

There are still more victims of this tragedy!

I hope the family can find some peace

RIP dear one.

To see how fast & decidedly repulsed the Kiwis of New Zealand were.

And it'll likely happen here in the US, this weeekend again.

FUCK Every. Last. God-DAMNED. One. ofThem!! With a fucking fiery red-hot Pitchfork.

I do not know how you can sleep.

My heart goes out to her loved ones and the community. requiscat in pace, dear one.

More blood on the hands of Republicans, the NRA and the gun lobby.

I am weeping again for all the victims of this tragedy.

I hope the family has shut off social media

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and her parents and brother....how tragic.

So, so sorry to hear this. The grief her family is going through must seem unbearable.

Her death is directly attributed to that shooter.

Every survivor needs loving support at this time. Please don't give up.

And this country just shrugs it's shoulders and accepts this as the price of loving a Constitutional Amendment that has no relation to modern society. Places like New Zealand are just more civilized, I guess.

This is a vague memory, but I seem to recall a story about the mother of one of the Columbine victims. She went into a gun store, asked to see a gun, and shot herself to death right there in front of the salesperson.

This is a clear example of the therapists' adage "Depression is often anger turned inwards."

To those who pointed out that the young people who turned to activism seem to be coping better with the trauma they endured, it seems that you may have a point. The mother turned her grief and anger onto herself. She probably wanted the gun store owner to suffer as well, but if she and others were encouraged and supported into taking that anger into the public forum, there would be far fewer "fallout" victims of horrific shootings.

Final note: I don't claim to know what comes next beyond this mortal world, but I do hope that Sydney can find peace and comfort. I especially wish that for her family.

Sorry for the family.

......My condolences to her family and may she rest in peace.......

for being the evil, despicable, GOP-backed organization that gets most of it's funding from gun manufacturers, not from NRA members.

This is very sad.

(I wish that Sydney HAD asked for help)

and then NOTHING is done about it. Zero, Zip, Nada.

Hard for anyone to internalize let alone a teenager

Remembering Aiello and sending sympathy to her family and friends on this great loss.

that poor family

Such suffering - seems unbearable to say the least.

RIP sweet girl.

Against the NRA?
even if it's a no-win case, the discovery phase would be most impressive: I'd bet dollars to donughts that the NRA has the same kind of data regarding guns and mental health, that Exxon had on climate science, and Phillip Morris had regarding cancer.

r.i.p.

The mind is wounded and sometimes it can not heal.

Be at peace now, child. The pain is over and no one can hurt you anymore.

Sincerest condolences for her family and friends.

What is wrong with this country? Why in the world are guns more important than our kids? This young woman never should have had to experience what she did, and then to have to live with survivor's guilt, it's too much for these kids.

I can imagine the fear when it happened, the shooting at the school, her parents wondering if she survived. And she did, physically. But what she went through took its toll on her, and sadly this was the only way she could find to get out of the pain.

My heart breaks for her parents and her family. I hope they get all of the support they need to help them through this.

this is the 18th fatality from that mass shooting.

May she rest in peace

It is overwhelming. Right now, it is CRUSHING the children of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

As someone who has a personal connection to the Parkland massaacre - my niece attends this school - I can tell you all that this is like we have all been whisked right back to that day. That time. That place. Those anxious hours of not knowing. Before the calls from family can even get through, the police report out and the news carries it all. The oxygen is sucked out of your lungs as your heart stops beating in your chest. You can't breathe. You can't think. You can't feel. You can only freeze in that moment.

For those of us with with child relatives at that school, this was the worst single moment of my life. I live out on West Coast, so the news on the telly got to me first. I tried and tried calling, but couldn't get through. ALL of the lines into south Florida were jammed. I could not reach anyone. I lost my mind, then I lost myself totally, screaming, crying, vomiting.

You cannot know what the past year has done to our family. My niece has been living in Hell. She's only 16.

Now this.

My sister told me at the one year anniversary that she knew that this was going to happen, as the community of Parkland was once again plunged into reliving this horror.

In an hour, we will have a marathon phone conversation.

My heat aches for the family and friends of this young lady. I understand that this has to be tough on your niece. She will be in my prayers

No one should have to go through this trauma. I'm sick about this.

This tragic story makes me wonder how many of these survivors aren't getting the mental health support they need? Good therapy costs thousands and without good insurance in place, it is just plain not affordable for many if not most. There should not have to be a GoFundMe for any of these situations. Good lord, we should be caring for all Americans. I'm sorry we failed you Sydney.

to victims and those near the event, to their families, to their extended families and friends, and to an entire community.

The healing from Parkland will continue for many decades for thousands of people.

RIP, precious Sydney and may the Aiello family and all of Parkland someday find peace...... .......

Fucking gut wrenching.

My heart just breaks for this girl and her family and friends.

Why can't we fucking do something in this country about the scourge of guns? New Zealand has a major terrorist attack, and boom! Assault weapons are banned. We can't even seem to pass minor regulations of fucking killing machines and the people who would buy them.

"This is the saddest story I have ever heard."

She deserved a normal life, not one of an epic trauma survivor. My heart goes out to her family and friends.

Too sad.

have believed that all the "thoughts and prayers" would have healed her deep emotional scars. Just like they do for all the families, friends, and relatives of other shooting victims.

What a sad, sad, thing. Crying as I type this!

Ugh

My condolences go out to Sydney Aiello's family and friends.

May she rest in peace

And that's without the psychological burdens Ms. Aiello carried with her every minute of every day since the Parkland massacre. This is so sad. It's horrible that she couldn't find the help she needed to prevent this tragedy.

I hope her family can somehow deal with their grief over this tragic loss. Maybe they'll have enough money from the GoFundMe page to start a scholarship in her name.

There are no words to express the sadness - and anger - I feel over the entire series of events that precipitated this situation.

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