We were ushered back into our classrooms and we huddled together, scared and worried for the safety of our friends, for another two and a half hours. "I'm so thankful he was there to help everybody," she said, calling him a "really amazing teacher.". "I was so lucky to be his mom," she said. 'I was so thankful that she didn't die. Carmen Schentrup, 16, was an accomplished musician who took all AP-level courses her senior year. ", Student Ben Wikander and teacher Ronit Reoven (Mike Stocker / Sun Sentinel ). The night before Joaquin Oliver was killed at school, his father, Manuel Oliver, took his son to buy Valentine's Day flowers for his girlfriend. 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 wanted to be around people, but I wanted to be alone. Nikolas Cruz, 22, who is charged in the 2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, is scheduled for a hearing to take place Monday. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. 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. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS locked down day after 5th anniversary of shooting massacre that killed 17, Parkland families back law to make applying death penalty easier in Florida, Brooklyn man running from Manhattan to Montauk to raise money for gun reform, Lawyer who flipped off camera at Nikolas Cruzs trial now under investigation. You are an amazing daughter, sister, and friend. We all walk through grief so differently. Israel called him "a phenomenal man" and "one of the greatest people I knew. On her birthday, her closest friends and I gathered at a local horse ranch to honor Carmen and her favorite animal, horses. One student began begging for water.. And then, then I did get shot. Her dream was to find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a neurological disease that affects muscle movement. A 15-year-old Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadet who dreamed of attending West Point but died helping classmates escape. This Broke Me: Parkland Trial Reveals Depths of Families Sorrow, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/05/us/parkland-shooting-trial-victims-families.html. As for her grief, Schulman said, "I am still trying to learn to live with this every day, and it's not getting any easier.". ABC News' Meredith Longo contributed to this report. Carmen, 16, a senior, was in her AP Psychology class in room 1213, near a podium, when she was shot three times and died of her wounds, according to Chief Assistant State Attorney Mike Satz. 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. Rumors started spreading like wildfire that Carmen had been shot and was left in the building as other students were evacuated. Outside the school, angel stakes for each of the 17 victims bordered the school's landscaped sign. But Thursday's anniversary was primarily be about remembering the 14 students and three staff members who died in the third high-profile mass shooting in Floridasince 2016. "I coached with him. My mom and another woman had to come over and pick me up and hold me," said the 17-year-old who was in Reoven's class. ", "The kids in this community loved him, adored him," Israel said. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. She even sleeps with Alyssas blanket, four years later, he added. Carmen Schentrup's parents find sleep elusive. She was a straight-A student and a National Merit Scholar. They blast their chilling first-hand accounts of classrooms under fire to massive audiences. She was a child of promise and potential who sought to help people with incurable diseases by studying biochemistry in college. "My job is to protect my children," Guttenberg said at a vigil, his voice cracking. "Words can not describe my pain," Miguel wrote on Instagram. Jurors will decide if he receives a life sentence without parole or the death penalty. To this day, loud noises balloons popping, fire alarms ringing take him back. She never got her braces off, said Meghan Petty, Alaina Pettys sister. "At least once a month you go back to the horrible memory without wanting to," he said. He's evil. '", Luke wore a cross every day, and Gena Hoyer requested to get it from his body so she could wear it to his funeral. Would you like to react to this message? 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. Memories of Carmen Schentrup lying lifeless on the classroom floor torment De Oliveira. Boiko said during his testimony in court on July 22 that she suffered a fatal wound to the head and four other injuries because of the bullets fragments. Candles that were placed on crosses still glow after last nights vigil for victims of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, at Pine Trail Park, Feb. 16, 2018, in Parkland, Fla. A program is seen from the funeral of Alyssa Alhadeff at the Garden of Aaron at Star of David Memorial Gardens, Feb. 16, 2018, in Parkland, Fla. Alhadeff was one of 17 people killed in the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Tori Gonzalez, the girlfriend of Joaquin Oliver, said the two of them were soul mates. ", "Jaime was such a special kid. From Parkland families, parting words of grace and sorrow. 'I saw her face above the covers with a tube down her throat. Carmen Marie Schentrup 2/21/01-2/14/18. It's something that I can't control.". This syndrome is so similar to being shot and carrying a bullet inside you. Carmen was a beautiful, caring, talented, smart, and witty 16 year old. "As we ran out, it looked like a war had taken place. I know you're in a better place.". 196 "He yelled from upstairs, 'Mom, thank you for my Valentine card and candy,'" she recalled in court last year. Feb. 14, 2018, was the last morning Gena Hoyer had with her youngest child, her "precious Lukey bear," who loved basketball and chicken nuggets. Wang and two other slain cadets were awarded the U.S. Army's Medal of Heroism. What is unfathomable is Jaime took a bullet and is dead," he added, his voice trembling. Iouri Boiko, a Broward County medical examiner, performed autopsies for. "I didn't talk to them. She loved fashion and enjoyed shopping, spa days with Mom and NY Jets games with Dad. They. The bullets went through Meadows body and also killed Cara. Carmen Schentrup was a National Merit Scholarship finalist who loved playing the piano. I knew I had to do something to try to help the kids who were injured, she said. Cruz, 23, has previously pleaded guilty to murdering 14 students and three staffers in the rampage. Columbine High School Massacre Discussion Forum. Carmen Schentrup was shot inside Ronit Reoven's classroom. Always analyzing, my brain took this data and churned out one of the scariest statistics I've ever heard: there was a one-in-four chance that my sister was among the dead. 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. Student Kelsey Friend told ABC News that Beigel unlocked a classroom door during the gunfire and ushered students inside. He shot Meadow a further 5 times, including in her head. Instinctively, Reoven didn't move Maddy Wilford, whose lips were pale white as she drifted in and out of consciousness. ", "She was a leader, not just by what she said, but also by the character," Thomas said. Carmen was one of the school's 10. ((Source: Schentrup family)) I was in disbelief but mostly feeling guilt," she said in a recent post. ROTC student Peter Wang, 15, (right) also died.. Have I been in a car accident? No one had the heart to tell me. Her father, Fred Guttenberg, was overcome with emotion as he spoke of her death the next day. 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But Robert Schentrup -- whose 16-year-old sister Carmen was among the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February 2018 -- isn't one of them. Carmen Schentrup would have turned 17 years old on Feb. 21, 2018. Teacher Juletta Matlock said she first thought the sounds outside her classroom were part of an active shooter drill. I couldn't wait to see her achieve her dream of getting into the University of Florida and rooming with her cousin and living her best life. Her head to the side and hair just covered her face. Specifically that he was shot in the stomach and head and was killed although he was "trying to breathe" according to her. This milestone is the first since loved ones of those lost . "He was sweet and caring and loved by everyone in his family," his older brother, Miguel Duque, wrote on a GoFundMe page. "Two counselors saw me and they came over and comforted me because they knew I was going through trauma.". "I got up in a panic and I was ready to run," he said. "She aspired for that greatness," Lori Alhadeff said. With several kids bleeding profusely, Reoven used a baby blanket to tie a tourniquet on one injured girl with the help of another student. Is this correct? I have a box over my heart with a lid so tightly closed, trying to keep all my emotions under control, said Linda Beigel Schulman, who lost her son, Scott J. Beigel, a geography teacher. She was involved in her church youth group and different . Aaron Feis is pictured in this 1999 yearbook from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Maddy Wilford has trouble breathing with her right lung. As it came close to hour seven, the news started reporting: 12 dead, five unidentified and 15 injured. "She had the fire to fight.". She loved arts and crafts, dancing, music and watching Alex Trebek host "Jeopardy!," her mother said. Gunfire had shattered the window in her door, spraying across Room 1213. 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. "What if we were able to maneuver the desk? The teen was buried in NBA player Dwyane Wade's jersey. Carmen Schentrup is pictured in this undated photo. We were Carmen Squared. I wanted to be comforted, but I would recoil at touch. ", Laurie Thomas, the girls' soccer coach, said Alyssa Alhadeff was the "voice of our team. The collective cries of surprised students, albeit joyful ones, had him looking for the exits. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting. 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. I thought it was that drill. The crime scene visit capped 12 days of often gruesome video and autopsy evidence in an agonizing trial in which the jury will decide if Mr. Cruz, 23, who has pleaded guilty, should be sentenced to death or life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Our beautiful daughter Carmen was murdered on Valentine's Day 2018, one week before her 17th birthday. I was just reliving it all.". [Nick's brother] Alex will never have a brother to talk or hang out with. And a high school football coach who ran toward the sound of gunfire, trying to shield students. 2. Student Ben Wikander, 17, had been shot in the arm. Their 16-year-old daughter, Carmen, was murdered. "Carmen was a dreamer," her parents said. She was shot in the head. 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. Jaime Guttenberg "was smart and focused" and "wise beyond her years," her mother, Jennifer Guttenberg, said in court last year. He wonders whether he'll be the happy kid he was before Feb. 14. 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. Little did I know, my body was a newborn again. She described her son as humble, witty and great with children. But today, Im taking the lid off that box.. "He was such a sweet guy," wrestler Ray Corniel said, according to the newspaper. 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. She hasn't cried in recent days. Carmen Schentrups parents find sleep elusive. Freshman soccer player Alyssa Alhadeff "took every second of her life and did something with it," her mother, Lori Alhadeff, told ABC News. Gina Montalto "was a smart, loving, caring, and strong girl who brightened any room she entered," her mother, Jennifer Montalto, wrote on Facebook. 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. I couldn't wait to see her graduate and ultimately become a pediatric physical therapist, working her dream job," he said. Published: 01:58 EST, 15 February 2019 | Updated: 07:04 EST, 15 February 2019. Dr.. 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