She was beautiful, caring, funny, brilliant and musically talented the kind of daughter a mom can't help but be proud of. "She was probably one of the smallest on the team but the feistiest. The teen was buried in NBA player Dwyane Wade's jersey. Carmen Schentrup, a dedicated, accomplished and straight-A student "was going to change the world," her parents said in a statement on Facebook. On or before February 14, 2014, the FBI knew that Nikolas Cruz had the desire and capability to carry out a mass school . A 15-year-old Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadet who dreamed of attending West Point but died helping classmates escape. "Every day I live with the fact that Jaime's life was cut too short and that she was unable to show the world her fullest potential," she said. Our beautiful daughter Carmen was murdered on Valentine's Day 2018, one week before her 17th birthday. 'I saw her face above the covers with a tube down her throat. Months after the shooting, Lori Alhadeff won a seat on the county's school board. They're not alone. "I think about my friends, my family and how incomplete my life is so far, and how my future could have just been erased," said Fischer, who was in the Holocaust history class. ROTC student Peter Wang, 15, (right) also died. "We are absolutely gutted," Fontana wrote on Facebook. Editor's note: This story originally was published in 2018 and has since been updated. She and a friend made their escape. They blast their chilling first-hand accounts of classrooms under fire to massive audiences. after one school shooting. The shots got louder and louder.. When I got the results, it read Invasive Ductal Carcinoma followed by a lot of NEGATIVE testing., Sit down before you fall down: Unsung hero sobs at new Mercedes surprise, Like a farewell she had foreseen: Parkland student honors her best friend, a victim, on her birthday. The judge will first hold a hearing without the jury to decide if defense lawyers can use a map of Mr. Cruzs brain as evidence of the effects of fetal alcohol syndrome. Carmen served as president of her acapella group. Joaquin Oliver, 17, (right), was a Venezuelan immigrant who came to the US with his family for a 'better future', Gina Montalto, 15, (left) was described as a 'light and joy'. Zero USA Founder & CEO. Carmen Schentrup, 16. The heart-rending testimony concluded on Thursday after the jury deciding the fate of the gunman, Nikolas Cruz, toured the school building where the mass shooting took place. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting. The bullets went through Meadows body and also killed Cara. This milestone is the first since loved ones of those lost . "We miss seeing her make her dreams come true," they said. I lost purity. Speaking to CBS with her father David, Maddy says:'I can just remember sitting there, like, trying to get into position where I wasn't going to get shot. It took more than four years for the sounds of shots fired at Marjory Stoneman Dougla The 14-year-old loved chocolate chip cookies and smoothies. She had been shot three times and barely clung to life. The teen "devoured books" and loved art and music, the family said. Once the gunfire ceased, she remembers emerging from her hiding spot behind her desk. September 27, 2022 at 3:00 a.m. EDT Robert Schentrup moved across the country to Washington state with his parents after his sister Carmen was killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. I couldn't move. They had known each other for years, sharing classes and walking to the bus together. Samantha Mayor was shot in the knee and appeared stable. In all, three bullets ripped through Maddy's abdomen, piercing her lung. "I never got to say goodbye to her," Loughran's friend, Mackenzie Mirsky, told WPLG. We celebrated with cake and released balloons with words of love for her. The sense of guilt came even stronger when I had to run by two more lifeless bodies in the hallway, having no choice but to, once again, leave them behind.". She played piano, violin and guitar and also sang in the church choir. After the shooting, Room 1214 created a text group, in search of comfort from those who heard the same gunfire, saw the same bloodshed and feared for their lives in the very same space. Carmen Marie Schentrup 2/21/01-2/14/18. 'Dealing with the fact that I basically died.'. Some say they are no longer defined by the shooting that derailed their lives. Scott Beigel is seen here in this undated file photo. Her father, Fred Guttenberg, was overcome with emotion as he spoke of her death the next day. Carmen was a National Merit Finalist in 2018 but never knew it because the news came the day. "This is just pure evil," Florida Gov. "Jaime will be forever 14, but it was not supposed to be that way," Fred Guttenberg added in court. 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Count 10 of 17 in the penalty phase is for the murder of Carmen Schentrup who Nikolas Cruz killed on Feb. 14, 2018, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, according to Scherer. We were trying to hush each other, there was some whispering. But Matlock said the violent reality hit after she heard screams from a neighboring classroom. Wilford and Mayor are back in school. ((Source: Schentrup family)) 2. Could Carmen Schentrup's death have been prevented? "I didn't even see the car and I [was] just sort of freaking out and started crying, called my dad, and I was scared. The teen loved "Star Wars" and was an "old soul," who "always tried to see the best in people," his family said. Ten minutes before dismissal, the fire alarm rang for the second time that day. My classmates all wore the same confused expression as I did as we walked out. "He was sweet and caring and loved by everyone in his family," his older brother, Miguel Duque, wrote on a GoFundMe page. Maddy said she recalls thinking, 'Why me?' She was a Girl Scout, a church volunteer, a soccer player and Color Guard member who "earned top-notch grades," The Miami Herald reported. That moment, he realized, was his rebirth. The teen took extra time getting dressed for school the next morning and proudly held her flowers and card in the car when his father drove him to school. Four students were shot in Room 1213 and one died. The defense team that is working to save the Parkland school shooters life started to call witnesses after Assistant Public Defender Melisa McNeill delivered her opening statement on Aug. 22. Carmen was one of the school's 10. I miss hearing his voice say 'Mom. At about the third week, she came to understand there was nothing she could have done to prevent the outcome. But how long does it take to truly be fine? In this type of love, how others view us is more important than how we actually feel. "Words can not describe my pain," Miguel wrote on Instagram. "She'll never be able to get married or have kids of her own -- and she probably hadn't even begun to think about those things because she was supposed to have a lifetime to figure that out.". "He yelled from upstairs, 'Mom, thank you for my Valentine card and candy,'" she recalled in court last year. Memories of Carmen Schentrup lying lifeless on the classroom floor torment De Oliveira. The defense is scheduled to begin its case on Aug. 22. Many relatives spoke about being unable to celebrate birthdays and holidays since the shooting. It took about eight years for most of the Columbine students to move past the tragedy, said New York-based author Dave Cullen, who spent 10 years writing a book about the Colorado school shooting. Another witness, Logan Mitchell, testified that he used his jacket to bandage Maddy Wilford, who was shot three . Face down. "We were very much looking forward to having her join our community.". Aaron Feis is pictured in this 1999 yearbook from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. "I went close to get a better gauge and she wasn't moving and she was just laying there," she said. It came right through that glass panel and was just shooting everywhere, she testified. As victim after victim spoke, many people in the courtroom gallery wept. Carmen pushed herself to do her best in school, piano, and learning new things, such as German. Nicholas Dworet. She was a straight-A student and a National Merit Scholar. Phil and April Schentrup are founding members of Stand with Parkland; Phil is also the secretary. Our innocence has been robbed from us. That's why her parents, Philip and April, started the Carmen Schentrup ALS Research Fund, also known as "Carmen's Dream," through the ALS Foundation. Theyre trying to catch us off guard.. Thats my girl, Helena Ramsey, she said. One friend took to Twitter to mourn her death , writing, "Your familyis forever in my hearts and . Or some kind of a code red drill. They. "She's in Fort Lauderdale King David Cemetery," Andrew Pollack said of his daughter. Stoneman Douglas psychology teacher Ronit Reoven replays the what-ifs in her head. There, the sound of a car one day, possibly backfiring, drove her to tears. Before hearing from victims families and relatives, the jury listened to 17 survivors who were wounded in the shooting recount how they suffered their injuries and what lingering effects remained from being hit with high-velocity gunshots. She had exactly one week until she turned 17. "And then he never called me.". It took more than an hour. We had a training in the auditorium in January, she said. CARMEN SCHENTRUP OBITUARY Carmen Schentrup died February 14, 2018 in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida. She didn't feel ready to return to school but is teaching again. Schentrup, who was an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Central Florida when his sister was killed, remembers her as a brainy and ambitious teenager, someone whose focus was doing well in. "As soon as those bullets stopped ringing in our room, I was like, why us? Students said that Peter held the door open for others while they fled, Alex Schachter, 14, (left) was described by his father Max as a 'sweetheart of a child' who 'just wanted to do well and please his parents'. 'I was so thankful that she didn't die. Carmen Schentrup passed away on February 14, 2018. "Those first seven to 10 shots do rattle through my mind, and then as soon as that happens I start adding detail," Fischer said. Alyssa Alhadeffs father, Dr. Ilan Alhadeff, repeatedly yelled through tears: This is not normal! He said his wife occasionally sprays Alyssas perfume just to try and smell her.. Her Mormon church said she was a 'valiant' member, Carmen Schentrup, 16, (left) was a gifted student who last year was named as a semifinalist in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program. Miller finds it healing to talk about Columbine and met with Parkland students and teachers to discuss their road ahead. "I'm so thankful he was there to help everybody," she said, calling him a "really amazing teacher.". Carmen Schentrup was shot inside Ronit Reoven's classroom. "By year eight, they were telling me they were really ready to be done with it, and it no longer defined them. "Parkland happened because of a series of cascading, systemic failures, which . Freshman soccer player Alyssa Alhadeff "took every second of her life and did something with it," her mother, Lori Alhadeff, told ABC News. There is an empty chair at our dining table. Carmen Schentrup was a National Merit Scholarship finalist who loved playing the piano. We heard every shot echoing across the campus. "He would bring us food for all our tournaments and take care of us like we were his own children and just watch over us, let us learn about life lessons.". Lori Alhadeff, the mother of Alyssa Alhadeff, who died in the shooting, reaches over to comfort her own mother, Theresa Robinovitz, after she read her victim impact statement. One can only hope that these victims did not suffer long die to the grave injuries inflicted by an AR-15. We had to step over bodies to get out," she said. "There are still [Columbine] survivors struggling deeply," she said. Rick Scott said at the press conference. "She never got a chance to even truly live," her sister, Meghan Petty, said in court last year. The teen helped rebuild areas of Florida after the state was hit by Hurricane Irma in September 2017. I wanted to be comforted, but I would recoil at touch. His mother, Annika Dworet, said in court in 2022 through tears, "We have an empty bedroom in our house. I was listening to some of the 911 calls released from inside the 1200 building and a student in room 1216 claims that a boy next to her was shot and he was dead. . After class, I walked with her halfway to her next class which unknowingly became her place of death later that day. So did several defense lawyers. She said the injury is tied to being hunched over in hiding for so long during the elementary school shooting. This is it. The prosecution team that is seeking the death penalty for Nikolas Cruz, the Parkland school shooter, started to call witnesses after Assistant State Attorney Michael J. Satz delivered his opening statement on July 18. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer announced on Oct. 13 that a divided jury recommended life in prison without the possibility of parole as punishment for the Parkland school shooter on count 10 of first-degree murder. It was around dismissal time on a routine school day at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when the horror began.. A 19-year-old gunman walked onto the campus of the school in Parkland, Florida, armed with what police say was a military-style semi-automatic rifle and countless magazines, and killed at least 17 people. No child should have to look down at a friend lying in a coffin and watch as their family kisses them goodbye. ", West Point officials called Wang a "brave young man" and posthumously offered him admission "for his heroic actions.". She doesn't want to remember her that way, but instead as the genuine and intelligent girl she was. Jaime Guttenberg was a freshman who loved to dance. It causes me pain to know she never went on a first date never got to fall in love, never got to experience heartbreak and come out stronger and wiser. Id hear, Oh, thats sad. Bits of shattered glass crunched under their feet. The 18-year-old now has an internship at the same trauma center she was treated for her injuries and coaches basketball. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. He recalls glancing back at the school that day, as he ran away to safety after the massacre. 'I want to move forward, I want to do all these things, but it's like my gears are stuck,' she said. The sentencing phase of the trial began Monday and is expected to last several months. Unfortunately, Carmen never made it out of her classroom alive. The night no longer brings intimacy and comfort, said Debra Hixon, the wife of Chris Hixon, the schools athletic director, just the loudness of the silence., Her son Corey Hixon, who has Kabuki syndrome, a rare genetic disorder, said simply of his father: I miss him!, Some people were angry. You fill our lives with loving memories that we will always cherish. The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. 25 Feb 2023 22:05:43 Helena Ramsay, 17 in this undated handout photo, was killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting on Feb. 14, 2018. "He was such a sweet guy," wrestler Ray Corniel said, according to the newspaper. But the industry is largely unregulated and unproven, often gruesome video and autopsy evidence. "I was shaking. Hixon's death impacted the entire community, as he was a mentor to many of his peers and students and a coach across several schools in Broward County, his wife said. "If police did their job that day the shooter would've been killed at MSD. "We really didn't have enough time for ourselves to fix our heads. Many Marjory Stoneman Douglas students arrived on campus Thursday wearing headphones and the burgundy #MSDStrong T-shirts that have become an emblem of the tragedy. Perhaps she is in denial, she thinks. Dworet and classmate Helena Ramsey were killed in the assault. ", "Jaime was such a special kid. And I eventually realized something: there was no more Carmen Squared. Published: 01:58 EST, 15 February 2019 | Updated: 07:04 EST, 15 February 2019. Carmen SCHENTRUP. ", Student Ben Wikander and teacher Ronit Reoven (Mike Stocker / Sun Sentinel ). What really bothered me most was that it seemed to NOT bother her. Carmen Schentrup was one week away from celebrating her 17th birthday when she was killed in last year's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. A talented. After 11 agonizing hours, it was confirmed at 2 a.m. on February 15, 2018, that she had passed away. Crystal Woodman Miller has been on the healing journey that these Parkland survivors now face. The family no longer gathers for Chinese New Year because celebrating holidays has become too painful. Another victim was found dead in the street, he said, and two succumbed to their injuries at the hospital. She always looked for ways to help others.". Every time we spoke, our curious minds obsessed over the intricate and astonishing universe and our determined personalities were ready to change the world for the better. 196 Families lamented that they would never see their children graduate from high school or college. Carmen was a beautiful, caring, talented, smart, and witty 16 year old. "I want to do everything possible to make this school system a model that other districts will look and try to replicate," Alhadeff said when she announced her candidacy. While absenteeism was expected to be high Thursday, many attended to show support and participate in activities. [60] The heart-rending testimonies concluded on Thursday after the jury toured the school building where the mass shooting took place. Its the idealistic lovethe one that seems like the fairy tales we read as children. On February 14, 2018, the 17 innocent lives of Alyssa Alhadeff, Scott Beigel, Martin Duque Anguiano, Nicholas Dworet, Aaron Feis, Jaime Guttenberg, Chris Hixon, Luke Hoyer, Cara Loughran, Gina Montalto . I went close to get a better gauge and she wasntmoving and she was just laying there, she said. Beloved school football coach Aaron Feis, also a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School graduate, died running toward the gunfire, trying to shield students, officials said. The only male victim in that room was Alex Schachter, so its confirmed now that's how he died vs. the original info I got which said he died from a shot to the torso. Fred Guttenberg, Jaime Guttenbergs father, who has become a gun control activist, said he has been unable to hold a normal job and that his public crusade has made life harder for my wife and harder for my son, and for that, I am sorry.. Carmen pushed herself to do her best in school, piano, and learning new things, such as German. "I want people to know he died a hero," Ortiz said. "We really didn't have down time for ourselves to sit in quiet for eight hours, to just stare at the clouds, to do whatever we needed to do to help ourselves to cope outside of school.". It was Valentines Day, the day of love. 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Her head to the side and hair just covered her face. Wikander, his arm still in a sling, is not. As a cross-country coach, it didn't matter if a student was the fastest runner or the slowest, he treated everyone equally, his mother, Linda Beigel Schulman, said in court in August 2022. Satz again asked about the significance of the high-powered bullets. Cruz, armed with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, then shot into her classroom, unleashing clouds of dust and debris, said Reoven, recalling how she peeked over her desk to survey the room when the volleys faded. Nicholas Dworet was extremely passionate about swimming and was headed to the University of Indianapolis on an athletic scholarship, his family said. "He always wanted to be the best dad he could be," Corona said. My understanding from the reports I've seen seem to indicate that at first Gina was certified as deceased, but another EMS person found a pulse and she was evacuated to hospital where she died later that evening. Freshman Cara Loughran "was a beautiful soul and always had a smile on her face," said the Drake School of Irish Dance in South Florida, where Loughran was a member. ", "She was best buddies with her little brother and she loved her whole family especially all her cousins," her parents wrote. She saw a therapist for years and found solace in co-writing a book, "Marked for Life," about how she found hope and purpose after Columbine. Police search allotment sheds for Constance Marten's missing baby. My name is Robert Schentrup, and I'm the older brother of Carmen Schentrup, one of the 17 victims of the Stoneman Douglas school shooting. Reoven said. Victim of school shooting in Parkland, Florida She has been cremated and ashes will be given to her family here is the obituary Carmen Schentrup passed away on February 14 . I was just reliving it all.". Friends said he was not just a talented athlete, but a 'good guy' who will be missed, Martin Duque, 14, (left) was a freshman. The Olivers later started a nonprofit organization called Change the Ref, a platform inspired by their son in part to educate and empower youth in the movement to end gun violence. Anyone can read what you share. . Wilford discussed the trauma in the aftermath of the shooting, saying she has to fight to stay motivate to attend school, Her father, David Wilford, praised his daughter's resilience as she now interns at the same trauma center she was treated at and coaches basketball. Now the resilient teen and former basketball player is speaking out about the trauma she deals with and is recalling the horrific day one year ago Thursday, saying she wants to move forward. "It's very high energy," Boiko said of the. The track coach had thrown himself on top of the kids to stop the bullets from hitting him. When we got up from behind the desk, two bodies of my classmates laid there, lifeless or unconscious. What is unfathomable is Jaime took a bullet and is dead," he added, his voice trembling. It was a new role for me, and I didnt like it. And he didn't get the chance to," Friend said, noting that her teacher was lying on the floor. Wang and two other slain cadets were awarded the U.S. Army's Medal of Heroism. "She led the team on and off the field.". Joaquin Oliver is seen here in this undated file photo. Memories of Carmen Schentrup lying lifeless on the classroom floor torment De Oliveira. A Broward County athletic director of the year, Hixon was also a U.S. Navy reservist who had been deployed to Iraq, according to Miami ABC affiliate WPLG. Only when she saw the blood did Daniela Menescal grasp what it meant. Nikolas Cruz, 22, who is charged in the 2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, is scheduled for a hearing to take place Monday. She was also interested in environmental and humanitarian issues, participating in her school's Model U.N. club and, after learning about the decline of bee populations, drafted a list of bee-friendly plants to grow in the Coral Springs community garden. Pollack, a senior had been accepted to Lynn University in Boca Raton, according to ABC affiliate WPLG. Ben Crandell - South Florida Sun Sentinel (TNS) Feb 12, 2023. From left, Morgan Williams, Ivanna Paitan and Danielle Gilbert, all students in Ronit Reoven's psychology class. It has been five years since the massacre at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School claimed 17 lives, an observance that is different from previous ones. The schoolgirl took four bullets - three through her abdomen and one in her arm. "The morning after, it was pretty shocking," Cullen said. The comments below have not been moderated. I just kept thinking, Eh, Ill be alright. "Some may be willing to share and others aren't. 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