The Unseen Toll of Mass Shootings: A Mother's Enduring Grief Mass shootings are often reported in stark, clinical terms – statistics on victims and perpetrators, calls for gun control, and discussions about prevention.
However, the aftermath is rarely explored in depth. How do families cope with the loss of a loved one in such an event?
Louise De Sousa, mother of Anastasia, who died in the Dawson College shooting 20 years ago, still grapples with this question.