Surviving a Mass Shooting, Then Surviving Daily Life

The Leonard Lopate Show | Dec 11, 2015

Washington Post reporter Eli Saslow talks about what it’s like to survive a mass shooting, both in the immediate aftermath, and the months beyond. His recent piece, “A Survivor’s Life,” focuses on Bonnie Schaan, whose daughter Cheyeanne was shot along with 15 others in a classroom at Umpqua Community College in Oregon.

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