Survivors say opportunities were missed that could have prevented Maine's worst-ever mass shooting
by Patrick Whittle and David Sharp
Mar 04, 2024
4 minutes
An emotional mother described freezing when she heard gunfire and then becoming separated from her daughter — not knowing whether she was dead or alive — during the deadliest shooting in Maine history.
Tammy Asselin also had a message for lawmakers dealing with legislation in the aftermath of the Oct. 25 shootings, telling them to “put down your partisan lines and try to approach this like a parent would with simple common sense.”
“Enough is enough. It truly angers me to know that we were so close to preventing this but we failed,” she said Monday, echoing the
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