Parkland Survivor Maddie Gaffney: Friend’s Mom Has ‘Nothing Left' After Son Was Killed | PeopleTV
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- Опубликовано: 21 мар 2018
- Maddie Gaffney, a 17-year-old junior, spoke on the phone after the shooting with her mom, who had texted to make sure she was okay. But when Gaffney finally reached home, her mother was not there, she recalls in the video above. Instead, she was out searching with another mother who had not heard from her own child.
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In the days and weeks afterward, as students and families grieved and returned to class, many of the teens who attend the Parkland, Florida, high school have been speaking out about their experiences and demanding there be changes in gun safety legislation so that something like this can never happen again.
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We should be going to each other’s graduation parties not funerals.
Something about what she said..”He loved chicken nuggets,” just made me cry. Wow, my heart hurts.
This cruel world....
@ArmorAbuser - fr tho
Rebecca Phillips -Same here. 😢💔
I want to hug all of these beautiful victims they have been through so much
@@stewartwatson7136 they're not victims. they're survivors.
The smile she has when she is telling us about Luke's love for chicken nuggets just melted my heart. You can see how genuine she is and the love she had for him. My heart breaks for every single victim and family member who endured a loss in every mass shooting that has taken place. This is just out of control and needs to stop.
It's staged. Crisis Actors just read their scripts....poorly, and only the dumbest among us still fall for it.
My Best friend Eric was shot in the back when we were just 13. I'm 25 now and not a day goes by for about minute I don't think of him. Who he might have become. So many of us don't make it to adulthood. But in America, we don't matter. People like my Friend Eric are faceless. Hopefully, these kids can stop the proliferation of guns. So all the other Erics have a chance to grow up. I pray that God is on their side in this debate.
Will Wright I'm so sorry for your loss. 😔
M M even if you don't agree with the sentiment in the comment, you should show some respect or at the very least rebutt in a non sarcastic way because sarcasm isn't appropriate in this context
Will Wright sorry to hear that. But who protects us when criminals come out to sell black market guns? Because "cops" take for ever to respond. You should think about things like that when you're not occupied.
Let's hypothetically say I own a few guns, handguns and rifles. Ok, so cops come and take them. I have no firearms. Me being a father how do I protect my child? Someone breaks in my home and they have a gun, obviously it's illegal since ALL GUNS ARE CONFISCATED. Now, how do I protect my myself and my child????
There's always goin to be shootings, people are evil, cruel, and filled with filth.
Ryan gst Over the years I have thought about many things. Many scenarios, what if we didn't go to the pizzeria. What if we didn't cut through the park to get to the pizzeria faster. What if we didn't go to that particular pizzeria. What if we just ordered the food to be delivered. I have gone through countless scenarios. What I have never question was, when someone is pointing a gun at you there is nothing you can do. We tried to run but my friend was shot in the back. I don't know what the answers are. What do know, not only does the person pass away who is shot. The people left behind are broken.
Will Wright I’m so sorry for your loss.
I love how this girl told us about Luke. Sorry for their loss
She's trying hard not to cry, I feel bad for the kids that had to go through that.
ikrr ):
Remember him loving Chicken nuggets. This is so sad.
damn she knew a lot of the victims, so sad
Sincere and from someone who was actually there and lost loved ones.
Jack Rogers you're so full of shit.
You think she was acting?
@@glennbransfield6200 that's right what you said is all about you!
I hate to say it but I understand her when she says the days afterwards were a blur. After the shooting at my school, I would just lay in bed, numb. If I was out in public, I’d stick close to whoever I was with and I always made sure to have eyes on the door(s). I always look around new areas bc just in case, I need to know how to escape. Some people can walk away from trauma unchanged significantly, others become new people.
And as for Luke’s mom, I understand her pain. I’m a childless teen mom. I got pregnant at 14 and lost my daughter at 15. Her birthday is Jan. 8, 2016 💕 the pain never leaves you when you lose your child(ren), you just become more numb to it as time goes on. But some days, it’s just a tidal wave crashing over you and you drown in your sorrow, in your “what if’s”, and your “whys”. Someone once told me it’s because grief is love with no place gone because the person it’s meant for is gone 💔
Me, Luke’s mom, and other bereaved parents will reunite with our lost babies one day 💕 for now, we hold our angels in our hearts until we can hold them in our arms 👼🏽
💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛
You are amazing. God bless you sweetie
so sorry for your loss. you were so young...even though now you don't have to deal with the hard work and sacrifice that comes with having a kid, i'm sure it's still hard but in other ways
Sorry for your loss🙏
Your loss is not the same as hers
You are so beautiful Maddie, inside and out. Love and prayers from a mom up in WA State. 💗💗
@@pepsicoke4080 You have absolutely no proof that this is true
@@pepsicoke4080 wtf LMAO
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Precious girl... You're so young and yet understand the love a parent has
Thank you Maddie for being strong enough to tell this to the world. It is so important. Your voice is being heard. I am so sorry for the trauma you are and will be going through . God bless all of your families . I dont have social media but for the hell of it #chickennuggets
It saddens me to see all these heartless people saying it was staged
Lizzie Allen so are you claiming that these kids were never real people to begin with or the fact that they faked their own deaths??
Lizzie Allen and yes I do agree with you that they are using these 17 peoples deaths in order to push gun control on others
Lizzie Allen I agree with you on that sorry I think I misunderstood you when I first read your comment I thought you were claiming that either the kids had faked their own deaths or that they weren’t real people to begin with
@Lizzie Allen Did you verify the 2 shooters, 1 in full body armor claim?
They need help
The way she talks about her friend is so sweet! The little memories you have will always be your favorite and make you smile!!
“she is just lifeless … she lost her baby and she’s never gonna see him again”
You can tell that she is affected. I cannot imagine going through something so horrible
I'm so sorry she had to say goodbye to so many friends. This is a trauma none of these kids should have to go through.
When she started tearing up I teared up . I could feel what she feels .
Poor girl she seems so sweet. I want to give her the biggest hug🥺❤️
Same
Every day I go to school I'm just thinking what if it happened here, what if it hapened to me, to my friends, to my neighbors, people I know. Because it could. And still I can't imagine this happening to me, at our school. Maybe that's the big mistake everyone makes, thinking it couldn't happen to them. Till it does.
It's more than a year now and I clearly remember seeing this on the news and having the feeling of this happening far away, as I'm from WA state. Still, it surely shocked me. And what really saddened me was that the only thing my little brother who's 12 said to all this was a rather bored: "Again, really?"
Rip to the 17 angels that had to give their lives that day.
I’m so sorry for your loss sis. Stay strong
I can’t even imagine waiting for hours to see if you son is alive or not. Thats terrible
This made me cry so hard. Rest In Peace to these beautiful souls
GOD BLESS LUKE'S MOM🙇♀️
This girl lost 3 of her family friends and closest friends and didn’t cry a lot, she is probably the strongest girl I have seen.
see this is called real crying, dont believe tht fake crying you see from people in sun glasses
@@pepsicoke4080 She is not
@@pepsicoke4080 Adam Lanza shot his mother, then he drove his car to the Sandy Hook Elementary School where he shot 20 children and six teachers before he went into an isolated bathroom cubicle and shot himself!
this broke my heart
Omg this os so sad when she started crying I started crying too
A good friend of mine died in front of my face too. I remember just going into shock when it happened and that's how I developed ptsd from it. You are not alone g/f, it's a painful experience watching a friend die, and I've had too many of them pass on me, along with family members, it sucks, but you will get through it. A lot of people out there may not all know what it's like to go through a mass shooting, but we know what violence feels like, being that close to death myself more then four times now.
I went into my own bubble, and it took me time going in and out of psych hospitals, to get through all the panic attacks that I had from it. But I got through it i'm almost 33 now, and i'm studying criminal justice, and psychology in Denver. Even though it's a new town for me, it was great for me to leave texas, and start over because that's were all my ptsd started. By changing my surroundings, i started to heal. And you can too.
You are very brave wonderful young lady. I'm so sorry for what you and all your friends had to go through. May God bless you always. You are one of the heroes always remember that. Please get help so it will help pull you through this honey. The world loves you all. I pray they do something about this gun violence.
What hurts the most is that the ones that lost their beautiful young lives that horrific day were all such amazing people! They had so many people that loved and cared for them!! This was an atrocity! There is no other way of saying it! They each had such unique and amazing stories! They were each unique and beautiful individuals and should’ve had a lot longer in this world!
I'm so sorry for everyone there. I'm behind you
See, you don't hear about this kinda stuff in australia! You guys need better gun laws, I'm sorry but you do.
Amelia The Australian scout really you know how many people get stabbed in Australia doesn't matter what it is if someone wants to kill someone they use any weapon they can get their hands on I would rather be shot to death then stabbed to death
spencer sobczak 17 people wouldn’t have died in a school stabbing. you can’t harm that many people through doors and walls with a knife.
Jennifer Jones Name one proposed law that would have prevented the shooting. From what I heard, the shooting was not because of loose gun laws but because the cops fucked up big time.
@@jenniferjones986 Obama tried passing laws to regulate guns after Sandy Hook of not earlier i think , but the Congress would not accept
@@teddyn240 what? maybe this one shooting, but this isn’t an uncommon thing in america. we have a fucking problem, and you know it. your argument makes no sense. we’ve tried many laws and it hasn’t worked. that doesn’t mean there isn’t a solution, because no other developed nation is like this. we have to take guns away, it’s the obvious answer. you probably won’t agree, just like the rest of the people who value guns over the lives of our children
Been watching videos of parkland because of the trial at the moment. Lukes death really gets to me, he looks like a boy I know who is 18 now, was around his age at the time. He just breaks my heart. 💔 A wonderful kid that was cruelly and senselessly taken from his life. RIP LUKE
Absolutely heartbreaking.
Thank you Maddie. I can't imagine what you went through and I fear for my kids who still have high school to finish. Please keep fighting for gun reform. I am with you survivors and the parents and family of those that lost their lives on this subject.
It’s okay. You deserve the time to cry. You lost someone so close. What you don’t deserve though is what happened that day more than a year ago. It’s terrible. Luke’s mom deserves the moment to cry. Everyone but the shooter. He deserves to pay.
the happy memories she talks about are the saddest part of this video
I'm so terribly sorry for the loss of your friend and all of the people who lost their lives that fay
I’m crying man I can imagine him playing basketball! Basketball is my sport and knowing he’ll never get to play again hurts! Knowing that his LIFE was taken away from him fucking Hurts! Things need to change!
i can’t imagine losing my best friend.
I PREY that all you students and parents don't start carrying/concealing guns and please don't agree to let teacher carry guns. Mentally ill children need help to. There is other ways.
May peace and love come to you and all involved quickly. Hugs all around. 😚❤😚❤
A sane teacher or student with a gun could have stopped the shooter before more lives were lost.
Maybe if they had been carrying this wouldn't have been as bad a tragedy as it was. The thing is that boy would have gotten a gun even if they had all been banned before he was born. If just one of those teachers would have been armed people might be here that aren't here today.
tazer would be good
Stay strong, sweetheart! Let this horrible experience empower you!
I can't even imagine 😢 💔
I live all the way across the country from them and my heart hurts for them
I am so incredibly sorry 😔 this is still unreal.
This makes me burst into tears
One of my really good friends growing up in Middle School was shot by his mother and then she killed his sister shortly after and I was 14 at the time. Today i’m 22 and let me tell you the pain definitely eases, but some days it’s still tough. I am so sorry for all of the beautiful children’s lives that were taken away at Stoneman Douglas and I will continue to pray for each and every students peace of mind.. but that’s half the battle. Please seek therapy or talk to a trusted friend, family member, or even an administrator. Keeping it in will make you lose your mind. These types of videos where the kids are speaking and discussing their trauma and their emotions are very beneficial to healing their minds and bodies! The more you speak about it, the less you’ll have to ponder on things. Of course you will, to this day I think about what my friend Beau and his sister Calyx would’ve been like at this moment. Keep them alive in thoughts and vigils, fundraisers and any and everything you can so that they will always be recognized. Much love
How awful. That's like the biggest betrayal ever. Your own mum! But if she didn't have a gun it would have worked out different. We live in a wicked world.
I have a friend just like luke..I could not imagine losing him...
im so sorry
Don’t worry kid. I’m a registered voter and I will support anyone who will get these guns off the market. Its time the grown ups act like grown ups.
Million Million come take em from my hands
Grown ups look at facts which apparently you haven't. Like how 10000 deaths Happen yearly (of which 95% are gang related with guns brought illigaly from acrossed the border) then there's also the fact that 2.5 million people use guns for self defense everyyear. Why do we need to get rid of those guns and make 2.5 million victims because a few kids suffered from a wacko who would have killed anyways?
dat boi we don’t have to. The police would do that.
dat boi your an idiot. You know how those guns end up on the street? States that have stricter guns laws are circumvented by buyers who go to red states to purchase guns legally at gun shows no questions asked. They then bring them back and sell them for a mark up. I know this cause I’ve seen it myself. If these laws were across the board it would be more effective at reducing gun violence. But crybabies like you come on You Tube crying cause your little security blanket is in jeopardy. You wouldn’t need a gun and have to live in fear constantly if you pulled your head out of your ass. Those guns ARE coming off the market and you ARE going to stop being such a pansy.
why didn't you do crap when Obama gave the cartels automatic weapons with no way to track them.You going to do the grown up thing and be held liable when someone can't defend themselves I doubt it.
I'm American but moved to England over 10 years ago and have 3 kids now. I would be TERRIFIED to send my kids to school if I was living in the states. Scary times. Crazy that people would rather protect their guns than their children. Glad I don't live in that dump anymore.
You're not missed. But, England has stabbings.
She is so strong
Why wasn’t the main door of the school closed mine is always closed and u have to show your ID before u can open the door
Imagine not finding out until 1:30am that your child didn’t make it. Horrible.
What a beautiful and bright girl.
This one broke me..
Respect 🙏🏼❤️
I believe and acknowledge you. I’m so sorry for your losses because I feel like my generation (X) didn’t enact the changes that should have kept you safe. I hope in your advocacy you can be stronger than we were, better. I’m so sorry. You and your classmates deserved better.
I feel almost numb to this heinous loss. God, please soothe their heartache, the moms, dads, siblings, friends. Everybody affected. Please, Lord, let SOMEthing good come from this act of pure evil. Protect the ones who love goodness, who want You back in this lost Nation, Lord. And bring comfort to all the victims of this horrible tragedy. Amen.
I see Luke ‘s parents in court & have watched them ( tv of course ).
I actually googled who he was & what he was about. 🧡
Yes something does have to happen about this! These kids went through total hell that day, and it’s still happening in 2022! What has happened to this country!!
Luke was in the library with another boy walking back to class was killed..TRAGIC.... news reports said that God Bless you Luke!!
why are sm people hating on this video?
I had two brothers and one sister died before I was born everyday I remember I had 2 brothers 1 sister huh😢😭
So mature
I swear to god, people can never win. They have a chance to be heard so they are screaming from the rooftops. Isn't that what everyone says? "If only people who had the chance would speak up"
These are the stories that have the chance to be heard and the potential to actually make a difference. Rather then spread more hate, learn to understand and have compassion.
Kind of crazy she knew 3 of the victims so well when she was in a school of 3300 kids
PLEASE email or write to your Congressman or woman to urge a ban on automatic weapons, thank you.
I thought I was going to see a tear.
???
She did say she was gonna try not to and that’s what she did. Refrain from crying
Omg I can't stop crying. This horrible crime needs to stop!. Change gun laws. Ban AR-15!.
God help them. Poor little angels! God!! This is horrible
We need change.
He must have been so scared 😢
wow she lost 3 friends
Maddie seems like a really sweet girl...I have a daughter named Maddie too...(๑♡⌓♡๑)
TGIS IS HORRIBLE 😭😭😭 IM CRYING
this so sad 😞
There is not a punishment horrible enough to punish the demonic kid who did this…
One of my intermediate school classmates who also was my neighbor got into a comma after being hit by a truck
Mista Guido What does this have to do w/ school shootings?
Aly Ella that cars kills and injure more than guns
Mista Guido But this is I about gun violence! I ask you again What does this have to do with gun violence and mass shootings?
Aly Ella that there are things that kill people more than guns and yet nobody is protesting about it
Maybe this was before your time but nowadays we are being educated things like drunk and/ or reckless driving, drugs and suicide. But guess what we really haven't been educated on... things like gun safety, gun violence and mental health -the things that play a big role in mass shootings. Mass shootings are becoming all too common and that's really bad. Maybe if we start educating our children about guns then maybe we can prevent this epidemic from continuing. Or maybe just maybe your scared because you see change coming and you don't like it.
Now with all that said people have protested for things that have killed people other than guns, go watch a video on those things if you care so much about them.
I feel luke ... 5 star restaurant chicken tenders and frenchfries
Empathy. For everyone who says it's fake it doesn't matter if it's staged or not. People are sharing their experience so watch and learn how people feel. If it is staged and they are actors the script had to come from someone else so the emotions are real, place yourself in there shoes and ask yourself what you would feel.
Also nothing wrong with having something staged why do people feel so betrayed just because it's staged? I watched wrestling when I was younger and people say it's staged so I stopped watching it. But as I got older i see the crowd around wrestling is still strong. "Why is that?" From a different perspective as I'm a little older from that kid who felt betrayed by wrestling because it was "Fake" I learned that wrestling relies on a lot of teamwork and the crowds response to it makes them one really big team.
So News that is staged could also have that same effect on you if you just look at it from a more mature perspective. Being older doesn't mean more mature but learning your emotions and controlling them will help you to avoid shooting up a school. Feeling empathy towards another human is important. Lastly all choices in life have responsibilities whether it's writing a comment on how fake something is or picking up a gun or my choice to write this comment for you on this video. If you're not ready to take that responsibility it's a good idea not to follow through on that choice, pro tip #1.
@Lester Scruggs It was not staged
This event was NOT STAGED
Oh my god
One big day :(
*NEVER AGAIN*
💔💔
God I can’t see that happening to me
So the state fails to report this kid because he was kicked out for being mentally unstable, he isn't committed to a psychiatric hospital, he is reported to the FBI for post about doing this and nothing happens and you want to blame the gun. Alcohol,Drugs,and Texting drivers kill more kids yet the feel good do nothing laws that we didn't use we need more of those.
Actually, he was removed from the school for making threatening texts to another student and bringing ammunition to school to show he could make good on his threats. The law against bringing guns or knives to school neglects to mention ammunition, so technically the kid did not commit a crime. Florida has the Baker Act, which _protects_ people from being institutionalized against their will (if you can answer three questions correctly - What is your name? What day is it? and Who is the president of the United States?, you are 'sane' and cannot be held against your will). The only thing the FBI could have done that they didn't do was warn local law enforcement that this kid made a potential threat. Local LE could not have arrested him for his free speech on the internet under current law.
kayoko When are you guys going to give up on these tired old talking points? You are trying to create false equivalences that are simply absurd. People choose to drink, to take drugs, to text while driving. They can choose not to also. And hullabaloo has been raised about alcohol and drugs for years and years. Texting while driving is also brought up constantly. They get their due coverage, and then some. But these issues are completely different from gun violence. People do not choose to be shot. They can't just say, well I won't be shot today, like they can say I will stop drinking. What an asinine analogy. And guns are manufactured for the sole purpose to kill. It baffles me that it is actually necessary to explain something so blatantly obvious.
Sharrad - By my assessment, lax laws allowed a deranged person access to a killing machine that he then used to mow down innocent lives.
exactly not saying this is fake gun laws won't do shit to prevent shootings it is what the schools do the government honestly we just need to get our shit together because in this generation we have lost our got damn minds
Well ar15s make it easier to commit mass shootings, gun lover.
Next time an active shooter runs through your school, mall, home, with the intent to kill, rape, steal, tell him it's a gun free zone, state, and the cops are "on the way".......criminals can't be reason with, and they pick and choose what laws they follow if any. Next time a kid dies in a car crash because of texting at the wheel I want to see something done with it, next time a child is killed with a blunt object I want something done, next time a child is raped I want something done, human trafficking, gun trafficking, and drug, trafficking... what do they have in common... they are illegal...my point is criminals don't follow laws, the police come to the scene after the crime is committed and if your dead you can't fight your case in court.
This is so fucked up 😢
🙏🙏
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾😢😢😢
So glad I don’t live in America uk is so much saver never planing a trip there
The comment sections for all these Parkland videos is PATHETIC. We really are living in a fucking cesspool..
She sounds like Selena Gomez, When She cried.
😭
OMG CHICKEN NUGGETS :D
My friend Doug shot himself, playing Russian roulette. He was 16. I was a freshman. I'm 42 now. I've been to crazy and back, not just because of Doug (you know like the Violent Femmes said, for EVERYTHING EVERYTHING EVERYTHING EVERYTHING!!) but I have to say, the more you express your anger, and dont try to pretty it up, especially for our Creator, the better. He can handle it. Job let Him have it. So can we, just remember He IS the king of the universe and He IS fighting for us
Let's be honest, we can fucking live without assault weapons. Anyone who says otherwise is being a baby.