A Year After Parkland, A Mother And Daughter Remember
Maya Altman survived last year's shooting in Parkland, Fla. At StoryCorps, she and her mom, Robyn, reflect on that day and how it has impacted them.
Last Valentine's Day, Maya Altman stepped out of her freshman biology class at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when she heard booming sounds.
They were gunshots, she would later find out, from the mass shooting that took the lives of 17 people, including her friend Alyssa Alhadeff, in Parkland, Fla.
At StoryCorps last month, Maya, 15, recounts to her mother, Robyn Altman, 49, what happened that day.
Maya describes a scene of utter confusion following the gunshots.
"I saw people running in every
