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How to help survivors of the 2023 wildfires on Maui

Friday, August 9 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Last year’s devastating wildfires on Maui were the deadliest in modern United States history, claiming over 100 lives.The fires also destroyed thousands of homes, businesses, and cultural and historical sites, particularly in and around the town of Lahaina, which was at...

Survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre call on President Biden to open investigation into 1921 attack

Tuesday, July 2 by ABC News

(TULSA, Okla.) -- Two survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre are calling on President Joe Biden to open an investigation into the deadly attack following the Oklahoma Supreme Court decision last month to dismiss the survivors’ lawsuit that sought reparations.Lessie Benningfield Randle, 109,...

Former Uvalde school police chief charged with 10 counts of abandoning and endangering Robb Elementary survivors

Friday, June 28 by ABC News

(UVALDE, Texas.) -- Former Uvalde School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo has been indicted in connection with the investigation into the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, court records show.Arredondo was charged with 10 counts of abandoning and endangering a...

Super Bowl parade shooting survivors await promised donations while bills pile up

Saturday, June 22 by ABC News

(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) -- This is a KFF Health News story.Abigail Arellano keeps her son Samuel's medical bills in a blue folder in a cabinet above the microwave. Even now, four months after the 11-year-old was shot at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl...

Maui Strong 808: Maui fire survivors upset with living conditions from FEMAs housing program

Friday, June 14 by ABC News

(LAHAINA, Hawaii) -- Nearly a year after wildfires devastated Maui and displaced many of its residents, Charles Nahale is still searching for a permanent place to call home.Nahale is one of the more than 1,300 fire victims who find themselves enrolled in FEMA's Direct...

Sandy Hook survivors share memories, plans for the future ahead of high school graduation

Tuesday, June 11 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Twelve years ago, the lives of students in the first-grade classrooms of Sandy Hook Elementary School were forever changed when a gunman opened fire, killing 20 of their classmates and six of their teachers and administrators.This week, the young students who...

Two survivors of domestic violence discuss their stories, the role of restraining orders

Saturday, June 8 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Kate Ranta was in the process of divorcing her husband, U.S. Air Force Major Thomas Maffei, when he came to her home on November 2, 2012. The couple's son, William, who was 4 years old at the time, watched as his...

Mental health support at crucial point for fire survivors on Maui

Friday, May 10 by ABC News

(MAUI, Hawaii) -- For the thousands of people who survived the Maui fires last August, the trauma of what they lived through still lingers.Lahaina painter Kirk Boes and his wife Laura have lived on Lahaina together for more than 40 years. They evacuated on...

Survivors of Columbine shooting discuss struggles with PTSD, anxiety

Saturday, April 20 by ABC News

(LITTLETON, Colo.) -- When 12 students and one teacher were gunned down in a mass shooting at Columbine High School in 1999, the tragic event marked a turning point for America.Twenty five years later, some survivors recall how they have dealt with the physical...

Twenty-five years after Columbine, survivors say theyre still haunted by the attack

Friday, April 19 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The epicenter of the Columbine High School mass shooting was the library, where Craig Scott was studying for a biology test on April 20, 1999. Scott, then 16, said he had just sat down next to his friend, Matt Kechter, when...

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