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Mom who survived school shooting coaches son through Oregon attack: ‘Please be as quiet as possible’

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Donlevy, K. (2026, October 17). Mom who survived school shooting coaches son through Oregon attack: ‘Please be as quiet as possible’. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/17/us-news/mom-who-survived-school-shooting-coaches-son-through-oregon-attack/

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Michelle, who survived a school shooting as a student at Granite Hills High School in El Cajon, California, in 2001, coached her son through an active shooter situation at his school in Oregon via text messages. In her texts, she repeatedly told him to stay quiet and that he would be safe, drawing on her own traumatic experience. Michelle revealed for the first time to her children that she had been a survivor of a shooting incident herself, emphasizing how deeply the trauma affected her over the years.

Written by AI on 2026-10-17, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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On October 15, 2026, an active shooter report led to a lockdown at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. The Bend Police Department responded with a significant presence, directing families to Journey Church at 61303 S. Highway 97 as a reunification site. The Associated Press reported that the incident resulted in the deaths of four people, including three children and one teacher. The shooter, Griffin John II, age 16, is also among those killed; he was shot by Kaylub Giamanco, a father who happened to be nearby when the shooting began. Saylor Graham-Poarch, a seven-year-old girl with disabilities who was shot in the face during the attack but survived, has since been moved out of intensive care and faces a long recovery process.

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Michelle, who did not share her last name, sent a bone-chilling string of texts to her boy assuring him he and his brother would survive the bloodshed — and repeatedly reminding him: “I love you so much.” asserted

I → share → you

I was like, how can this happen? asserted

this → happen → ?

How can lightning strike twice?” Michelle told CNN. asserted

Michelle → strike → CNN

“How can I go through this and then my children go through this?” asserted

children → go → this

“Mom, there’s a shooter,” the boy told her, a terrifying message he confirmed in a text moments later, first scrambling to write “shroterr” before following up with, “shooter at school.” asserted

he → ’ → school

“Baby I love you don’t call anyone please be as quiet as possible,” Michelle responded. asserted

Michelle → love → anyone

“If you can safely, text me, that’s OK just don’t make any calls. asserted

that → text → calls

The police are going to help you. asserted

police → go → you

I love you so much. asserted

I → love → you

Do you know anything that’s going on?” she asked. asserted

she → know → anything

An hour later, she followed up with her son asking him questions, telling him “I love you so much” and continuing to comfort the youngster. asserted

I → follow → youngster

“Everything is going to be okay. asserted

Everything → go → ?

This happened to me too, and I am okay,” she wrote to the boy, which was the first time she ever revealed to her kids the trauma she went through, she told CNN. asserted

she → happen → CNN

“I love you so much. asserted

I → love → you

It’s going to be okay,” Michelle wrote. asserted

Michelle → go → ?

“They will load you on the bus and it will be kind of slow but asserted

it → load → bus

we will get to you, I promise.” asserted

I → get → you

Michelle was a freshman at Granite Hills High School in El Cajon, California, when senior Jason Anthony Hoffman opened fire in a March 2001 attack. asserted

Hoffman → open → attack

He wounded three students and two teachers, but fortunately no one was killed. asserted

one → wound → students

Michelle said she has continued to live with the trauma of the shooting — she suffers from panic attacks and always finds herself looking for the nearest exit in public spaces. asserted

herself → say → spaces

She even felt an anxious nagging feeling when her sons went to school every day. asserted

sons → feel → school

“Every single time I dropped them off, and I would see them walk in the front doors, I would get a pit in my stomach thinking, ‘I hope I see him again,’” she told CNN through tears. asserted

she → drop → tears

“It’s probably because of the trauma I went through.” asserted

I → ’ → trauma

Michelle’s sons survived Thursday’s shooting, while four others were killed in the attack. asserted

others → survive → attack

Mom who survived school shooting coaches son through Oregon attack: ‘Please be as quiet as possible’

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