Todos los que somos testigos de lo sucedido en Estados Unidos estamos mayoritariamente indignados y algunas historias alrededor nos han tocado por diversos motivos; en lo personal lo ha sido por identificación, una chica llamada Jessica Ghawi, cuyo nombre profesional era Jessica Redfield, ella había sido sobreviviente a otro percance con la gravedad del que fue ahora víctima. En Toronto, Canadá el día 5 de junio del 2012, ella se encontraba de vacaciones y tuvo la suerte de estar justo donde sucedió el tiroteo.
Otra de las jóvenes víctimas del indiscriminado tiroteo, fue Micayla Medek, de 23 años, así como Jessica Ghawi, de 24 años, periodista, blogera y aficionada al deporte, que se había mudado a Denver había acudido con un amigo a ver la última película de la saga del superhéroe de cómic Batman. Justo un mes antes, en una visita a Toronto (Canadá), Ghawi escapó de un tiroteo que se produjo en una zona de restaurantes del centro comercial de Eaton que abandonó cinco minutos antes de que un hombre abriera fuego y asesinara a dos personas. Ella nos contó todo lo sucedido a través de la entrada de su blog personal en la siguiente dirección. http://jessicaredfield.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/late-night-thoughts-on-the-eaton-center-shooting/
También era una asidua a la utilización de las redes sociales, tales como Twitter y de https://twitter.com/JessicaRedfield la que podemos tener una de las últimas palabras que escribió justo antes de ser atacada y lamentablemente muerta por un desequilibrado mental.
Este año como muchos habrán existido ya en la historia de la humanidad, ha estado plagado de violencia, pero pocas veces nos involucramos en la vida de la persona de la cual nos dan una nota que a veces resulta roja. Aquí lo que ella misma nos transmitió en su blog, en caso de que en respeto de sus familiares terminen por borrar su historia, su sentir y todo aquello que ella nos quiso compartir mediante su presencia en las redes sociales y el internet donde incursionaba con éxito.
Late Night Thoughts on the Eaton Center Shooting I can’t get this odd feeling out of my chest. This empty, almost sickening feeling won’t go away. I noticed this feeling when I was in the Eaton Center in Toronto just seconds before someone opened fire in the food court. An odd feeling which led me to go outside and unknowingly out of harm‘s way. It’s hard for me to wrap my mind around how a weird feeling saved me from being in the middle of a deadly shooting. What started off as a trip to the mall to get sushi and shop, ended up as a day that has forever changed my life. I was on a mission to eat sushi that day, and when I’m on a mission, nothing will deter me. When I arrived at the Eaton Center mall, I walked down to the food court and spotted a sushi restaurant. Instead of walking in, sitting down and enjoying sushi, I changed my mind, which is very unlike me, and decided that a greasy burger and poutine would do the trick. I rushed through my dinner. I found out after seeing a map of the scene, that minutes later a man was standing in the same spot I just ate at and opened fire in the food court full of people. Had I had sushi, I would’ve been in the same place where one of the victims was found. My receipt shows my purchase was made at 6:20 pm. After that purchase I said I felt funny. It wasn’t the kind of funny you feel after spending money you know you shouldn’t have spent. It was almost a panicky feeling that left my chest feeling like something was missing. A feeling that was overwhelming enough to lead me to head outside in the rain to get fresh air instead of continuing back into the food court to go shopping at SportChek. The gunshots rung out at 6:23. Had I not gone outside, I would’ve been in the midst of gunfire. I walked around the outside of the mall. People started funneling out of every exit. When I got back to the front, I saw a police car, an ambulance, and a fire truck. I initially thought that maybe the street performer that was drumming there earlier had a heart attack or something. But more and more police officers, ambulances, and fire trucks started showing up. Something terrible has happened. I overheard a panicked guy say, “There was a shooting in the food court.” I thought that there was no way, I was just down there. I asked him what happened. He said “Some guy just opened fire. Shot about 8 shots. It sounded like balloons popping. The guy is still on the loose.” I’m not sure what made me stick around at this point instead of running as far away from the mall as possible. Shock? Curiosity? Human nature? Who knows. Standing there in the midst of the chaos all around us, police started yelling to get back and make room. I saw a young shirtless boy, writhing on a stretcher, with his face and head covered by the EMS as they rushed him by us to get him into an ambulance. The moment was surprisingly calm. The EMTs helping the boy weren’t yelling orders and no one was screaming like a night time medical drama. It was as if it was one swift movement to get the boy out of the mall and into the ambulance. That’s when it really hit me. I felt nauseas. Who would go into a mall full of thousands of innocent people and open fire? Is this really the world we live in? Police start yelling again “GET BACK NOW!” Another stretcher came rushing out of the mall. I saw a man on a stretcher, the blanket underneath him spotted with blood. Multiple gunshot holes in his chest, side, and neck were visible. It’s not like in the movies when you see someone shot and they’re bleeding continuously from the wound. There was no blood flowing from the wounds, I could only see the holes. Numerous gaping holes, as if his skin was putty and someone stuck their finger in it. Except these wounds were caused by bullets. Bullets shot out of hatred. His dark skin on his torso was tinted red with what I assume was his own blood. He was rushed into the ambulance and taken away. More people joined the crowd at the scene and asked what happened. “There was a shooting in the food court,” kept being whispered through the crowd like a game of telephone. I was standing near a security guard when I heard him say over his walkie talkie, “One fatality.” At this point I was convinced I was going to throw up. I’m not an EMT or a police officer. I’m not trained to handle crime and murder. Gun crimes are fairly common where I grew up in Texas, but I never imagined I’d experience a violent crime first hand. I’m on vacation and wanted to eat and go shopping. Everyone else at the mall probably wanted the same thing. I doubt anyone left for the mall imagined they witness a shooting. I was shown how fragile life was on Saturday. I saw the terror on bystanders’ faces. I saw the victims of a senseless crime. I saw lives change. I was reminded that we don’t know when or where our time on Earth will end. When or where we will breathe our last breath. For one man, it was in the middle of a busy food court on a Saturday evening. I say all the time that every moment we have to live our life is a blessing. So often I have found myself taking it for granted. Every hug from a family member. Every laugh we share with friends. Even the times of solitude are all blessings. Every second of every day is a gift. After Saturday evening, I know I truly understand how blessed I am for each second I am given. I feel like I am overreacting about what I experienced. But I can’t help but be thankful for whatever caused me to make the choices that I made that day. My mind keeps replaying what I saw over in my head. I hope the victims make a full recovery. I wish I could shake this odd feeling from my chest. The feeling that’s reminding me how blessed I am. The same feeling that made me leave the Eaton Center. The feeling that may have potentially saved my life.A continuación la traducción en español:
Pensamientos Late Night de la filmación Eaton Center
Dudo que alguien dejó para el centro comercial imaginado son testigos de un tiroteo. Se me mostró la fragilidad de la vida fue el sábado. Yo vi el terror en los rostros de los transeúntes. Vi a las víctimas de un crimen sin sentido. Vi a cambio la vida. Me acordé de que no sabemos cuándo ni dónde nuestro tiempo en la Tierra va a terminar. ¿Cuándo o dónde vamos a respirar el último aliento. Para un hombre, que estaba en el centro de un patio de comidas ocupado en un sábado por la noche. Yo digo todo el tiempo que cada momento que tenemos que vivir nuestra vida es una bendición.
...Me gustaría deshacerme de este sentimiento extraño de mi pecho. La sensación que me está recordando cómo bendecido que soy. El mismo sentimiento que me hizo dejar el Centro Eaton. La sensación de que puede haber potencialmente me salvó la vida.
Y para terminar este 2012 recordando estas violencias y lo bendecidos que somos uno de los tweets de Jessica
... No puedo creer que me mudé a Colorado hace hoy un año. Gracias por todos los que me ha acompañado a lo largo del camino. Ha sido un viaje muy divertido hasta el momento...
Para mi es una pena la muerte de esta chica como las de muchos otros su vida se ve truncada sin conseguir realmente el objetivo que se proponían, apenas como decía ella agradeciendo el tiempo que se tiene en este mundo como una bendición.