Private Coaching with Ole; Special Journey with Ole; Press Info & Photos; Book an Interview; Ole on Global Tour; Speaker Engagements; MEMBERS. Bathroom doors were locked due to students vaping? Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much Zero USA Founder & CEO Robert Schentrup is brother to Carmen Schentrup, one of the 17 victims of the Parkland School Shooting. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. He signaled his intent for years," Philip says, referring to the shooter. She was the student whose body was visible in the the highly circulated photo/video that showed the students being evacuated from room 1213. And as the trial proper got underway this summer, he wanted to make that known. Still, Schentrup is not alone in his stance against the death penalty: Michael B. Schulman, whose son, geography teacher Scott Beigel, was one of three staff members killed, wrote an op-ed for the . The Schentrups have little patience for the argument that it's the shooter that's the problem, not the weapon. 'I just want to know where my daughter is'. Ever since then, he has been working tirelessly on the issue of gun violence prevention, sitting on the Team Enough Executive Committee and helping lead a gun violence prevention chapter at his university. Schentrups opposition to the death penalty was more of an intellectual response than an emotional one, he indicated. Asked for comment, Broward County schools spokeswoman Nadine Drew replied that April Schentrup's appointment "was intended to be short-term to provide a resource to focus on safety and security issues while waiting for staffing recommendations from Safe Havens." And then I couldn't stop crying. RT @RobSchentrup: Since Carmen's death: over 200,000 Americans have died from gun violence over 380,000 people have been shot and are living with injuries As we mark this five-year milestone, we must reflect on how far we have come and how far we have left to go. Its hard for me to be of an opinion that my parents dont agree with and actively dislike, Robert Schentrup said. There, a photo of her in the graduation cap and gown she would never get to wear. Another bullet entered through her ribs and did what high-velocity bullets are designed to do. A. Hers is one of 17 shrines to the victims of the Parkland shooting. "I just felt this urgency," Lundy says. Following the sentencing of Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz, 24, to life without parole for his massacre of 17 people (14 children) in 2018, parents of the young victims came forward to blast the decision to spare him the death penalty. "I see this as trying to make the world a better place for my kids who are still here," Philip says. But I wasn't really able to do what I thought I should be doing, in a job that deals with something important like campus safety and security.". The Twitter account for the high school's Eagles football team marked the death of Coach Feis with "Great sadness." Nicholas Dworet Reuters Gina Montalto Facebook Carmen Schentrup Instagram. Carmen Schentrup's parents find sleep elusive. He described. Our beautiful daughter Carmen was born on February 21, 2001. Unfortunately, Carmen never made it out of her classroom alive. Just staying close. A few questions, if you know the answers. Though for the survivors and families of the 17 victims, it can seem like aeons. ", April Schentrup can imagine what that feels like. And when rescue came, they didn't take her with them.'". Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. Carmen Schentrup was shot inside Ronit Reoven's classroom. Benjamin Wikander: Shot in the right upper arm, Justin Colton: Shot in the lower back and arm, Andrea Kowalski-Rospierski: Teacher, grazed on the cheek by a bullet, Samantha Mayor: Shot once in the left knee/leg. This is our second amendment right. wrote in 2019 in The South Florida Sun Sentinel. "All I kept saying was, 'I just want to know where my daughter is,'" she says. And when a hail of rifle bullets cut her down in her classroom, the high-velocity bullets caused extensive damage to her body, an associate medical examiner testified on Friday, underscoring the devastating carnage wrought by the AR-15 fired by shooter Nikolas Cruz. "Since February 14, this is every day. A witness said he was shot "10 times" in the right leg. Todd. Carmen was 15. This includes mass shooters, bombers, terrorists, and family annihilators. Theyll make the decision that they make. The same girl, who was shot nine times, suffered another fatal wound that severed her spinal cord. Carmen pushed herself to do her best in school, piano, and learning new things, such as German. 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. But one of his family members had been murdered. "You search for normalcy, a 'new normal,'" he says, then pauses. One boy was hit with 12 gunshots, including four to the head. That's why we're doing what we're doing. ", "So you put on this facade that you're OK, you're strong, you're going to get through this, you're a fighter," she says. Carmen Schentrup, 16, suffered five wounds, including a lethal shot to the brain. It's been one month since the mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas. Get all Latest News about cara dune, Breaking headlines and Top stories, photos & video in real time Now, her parents, Philip and April, wear teal bracelets printed with her name and the dates that mark her short life: 2/21/2001-2/14/2018. Alyse Young for NPR "And I walk up to her and say, 'Hey, would you like daddy to help you read the book?' Luke Hoyer (1st floor hallway, east end): Multiple gunshot wounds (instant/near-instantly fatal). The family moved mostly for Philip's job; he works for a tech company based in the Pacific Northwest. Schentrup was looking forward to what their relationship would be like when they were older, believing they would have the same strong bonds he sees between his parents and their own siblings. 6:39 PM EDT, Mon October 10, 2022. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool). Another witness stated in regards to the 911 operator asking them whether he was in his chair or not: "Yeah he was still sitting on the chair. When I visit the family at their new home, Evelyn is logging in for an orientation session with her new online high school. Where was Bourges when he was shot? That the people that we lost are not forgotten.". Carmen Schentrup, 16. Unfortunately, we never got the chance to do that.. Carmen was in her AP Psychology class, just minutes from finishing the school day and returning home to our family. The 16-year-old was a 2017 National Merit Scholar semifinalist. Thats not what a Florida doctor took out, state says, Ghislaine Maxwell appeals verdict and 20-year sex-trafficking sentence, DeSantis criticism of Orlando prosecutor overlooks key facts about shooting suspect, Police report: Arrested Opa-locka cop beat wife, kids for years. Arm wounds would bleed badly but wouldn't normally be fatal unless the individual bled for a very long time. Since they didn't do what was needed then, let the court get it right this time," Carmen Schentrup's mother, April Schentrup, wrote. hide caption. Theresa Robinovitz cries after reading her victim impact statement during the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. After her son shared his statement on Twitter expressing his opposition, April Schentrup retweeted it, writing, I love but disagree with my son., If police did their job that day the shooter wouldve been killed at MSD. Half of my class ran to the safe spot which was out of view from the window in the classroom door. One fatal shot pierced her chest, then her heart, lungs and ribs. The public is hardly ever forced to confront grim evidence from autopsy reports, surveillance video and survivors testimony in proceedings held years after the deadly rampage. "If you realize that 90% of the stuff. He was shot before he could even get out of his seat and was reportedly agonal breathing/hyperventilating for a short amount of time before going passing. And it's sad to think that I'm thankful that one out of two of my children came home from school.". Couresy of the Schentrup family "And some days, you know, it's true. Her parents, Philip and April, speak with soft wonder. Alyse Young for NPR "She always wanted to be the one who came out on top when it came to academics," he says, "because I kind of had her beat in sports! The jury must be unanimous to recommend death. "You know, you could say 'Carmen's forever 16.' Carmen strikes a pose for her younger sister, Evelyn, before homecoming in the fall of 2017. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends and making others laugh. Victims relatives have filled several rows in the courtroom over the past two weeks, listening closely as the lead prosecutor, Michael J. Satz, called dozens of witnesses. I feel like I understand what happened that day, and I dont need to relive it.. ", Her voice breaks as she continues: "I heard what they were saying, but I didn't want to hear what they were saying.". Whether it's feel, whether it's call, whether it's knock on doors, whatever it is, that they just do something. We need to be focusing on the systems that failed us, instead of what I believe is the symptom of that failure.. Meadow Pollack, 16, was shot nine times, at close range, including shots to the head and torso, which damaged lungs and spinal cord. Cruz walked up and shot Meadow 5 times in the back with the bullets passing through her into Cara which killed her. It appears he ran to the school and opened the door to the stair well just as Cruz entered the stairwell from the other door and immediately shot him in the head as soon as he saw him. Robert Schentrup, whose 16-year-old sister Carmen was killed in the shooting, opposes the death penalty altogether. Carmen Schentrup was a high school senior, one week shy of her 17th birthday, when she was shot and killed in her AP psychology classroom. Ultimately, the Schentrups learned what happened in Carmen's classroom that day. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images), beyond the case of his sisters killer to capital punishment, its legacy as a tool of racial oppression, eventually conduct research to find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, After the killer pleaded guilty last year, according to a 2020 report by the Death Penalty Information Center. The family hopes that by their speaking out, others can better understand that suffering: its causes and consequences. Jamie Guttenburg (Just inside 3rd floor stairwell): Shot in the back through the spinal cord. We put a gun in his hand, or allowed him to have a gun in his hand. ", The Schentrup family stands for a group portrait outside their home in Parkland, Fla., on Tuesday. And hugging Evelyn a little bit harder. It sounded promising, like a way to make real change. 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. A mass killer is defined as one person who kills 3 or more individuals arbitrarily in a contained population at a single point in time. Carmen was a beautiful, caring, talented, smart, and witty 16 year old. The program for a concert in memory of Robert Schentrup's sister Carmen Schentrup. On February 14, 2018, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire on students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Miami suburban town of Parkland, Florida, murdering 17 people [note 2] and injuring 17 others. In Alainas case, she was shot four times. After Carmen was killed, Philip recalls what he heard from a close relative: "'Sorry, but this is the way it is. ", "This happened 19 years later after Columbine, five years later after Sandy Hook," April adds. Then came the body cavity search, Massive Arctic creature spotted for first time in 25 years along coast of Scotland, Florida man gets 6 years for bilking millions in PPP loans. We can change it. You do feel like that. hide caption. Carmen Schentrup Was More Than A Victim Of The Parkland Shooting, She Was My Sister Two of my sisters went to school that day, but only one made it back alive. Cruz fired 139 rounds of 5.56-and-.223-caliber bullets during the rampage. Robert Schentrup, whose 16-year-old sister Carmen was killed in the shooting, opposes the death penalty altogether. At the time more than two years before the start of the trial Schulman said to secure the death penalty instead, families would have to live through the trauma of a trial and relive the murders of their loved ones. The gunman shot out a window in the class door. "It's a hard story to tell," April adds. Soul-Less Shoes of Death; How They Do It To Us; The Holohoax; You are Being Deceived; Exposing Corona Video; Message to Agencies; CONTACT. At times, she says, staying in Parkland felt "suffocating." Carmen Schentrup via Broward County Schools Last September, Carmen was named one of 53 National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists in the county. Perhaps nothing highlights the spectrum of feelings on the shooters fate more than the disagreement between Schentrup and his parents. Stacey Lynn Lippel: A language arts teacher, grazed on the arm by a bullet, Samantha Grady: Minorly injured by shrapnel, was sitting next to Helena Ramsey, who died. And she's like, 'No, I got it. Alyse Young for NPR ", WATCH: In A Post-Parkland America, Teens Talk About Gun Culture, After Daughter's 'Unimaginable' Death, Parkland Family Moved To Action. Some families, including the Schentrups, have chosen not to watch the trial at all. This subreddit is not meant to glorify mass killers, but rather to discuss and attempt to understand their behavior. One year after their older daughter, Carmen, was killed in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., the Schentrup family works to find a new normal. But as painful as the loss of his sister is, Schentrup does not believe sentencing the killer to death is the solution. At the Parkland Trial, Families Must Endure Grisly Evidence on Repeat, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/us/parkland-school-shooting-trial.html. In the animated video that shows the shooting's events, there's someone who survived the shooting on the 3rd floor, but just lays there, I guess playing dead? The only thing in front of me was Nicholas Dworet. Cruz has already pleaded guilty, and the state is asking the jury to send the 23-year-old to Florida Death Row for execution. hide caption. Do they know their names? He was struck twice in his right leg, once in his left leg and twice in his torso. ", Across The Country, Students Walk Out To Protest Gun Violence. Family members and classmates held onto the little hope that perhaps she had been sent to the hospital and was in surgery, recovering, but just unidentified. Some of the relatives have said they would not comment publicly for the duration of the trial. So I'm thinking that the moaning and heavy breathing in the 1213 video is actually Maddie since a bullet to the right temple would be near instant? "There's a lot of people who just want to argue the extremes: [Either the] gun was the issue or mental health was the issue," Philip says. Do you have a link to the tweet about it though by any chance ? Nikolas Cruz, 23,. Carmen Schentrup's death was reported by family members and friends on social media. hide caption, Evelyn and April sit below a portrait of Carmen. But 14 students and three school staff members killed in the Valentines Day 2018 shooting each have their own set of loved ones, who, in turn, have their own opinions about what outcome the killers trial should render. (In a grim irony, Alaina who wanted to join the military and had joined the schools Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps program herself liked shooting the same weapon.). Some sources say he was killed before he could get up from his desk but other sources say that he was killed when him and a group of students hid in a corner that was in the direct line of sight of the door. She was involved in her church youth group and different . Photos of the Schentrup family and their daughter Carmen fill the living room of the family's new home. You should try to comprehend your daughter who you are so proud of, and who was just beginning to live her life being riddled by bullets. And I say 'Yup, that's Parkland, Fla." ', "But I wonder," she says, her voice catching, "do they know the people that died? But there is more to it than that. Before they moved west, April, who was then an elementary school principal, was given a newly created leadership job: director of school safety and security for the entire Broward County district. With Carmen's death, I was initiated into a club no one ever wants to joinparents who have had their child taken from them by gun violence. The Schentrup family in 2016: Philip, Robert, April, Carmen and Evelyn. ", "It's unimaginable, but I think we need to imagine it," April says. We want to see them grow up to be happy and healthy. from Refinery 29: But also, because we discover that he's not with us. hide caption. Fred Guttenberg, whose 14-year-old child was gunned down at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14 . appreciated. The Schentrup family stands for a group portrait outside their home in Parkland, Fla., on Tuesday. "It isn't an either/or. But Schentrup hopes that by sharing his personal stance others will examine the issue for themselves. The withdrawal came in a brief document filed Friday morning with U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks, who late Thursday warned Trump's legal team that the lawsuit appeared to verge on frivolous. It was just like a river of tears down my face. In memory of Carmen SchentrupCarmen Schentrup My name is April Schentrup. The Schentrups have never considered themselves activists; this will be the first time they've taken part in a protest. Samantha Fuentes: Was shot multiple times in both legs and sustained shrapnel wounds to her legs and face. 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