When a gunman opened fire at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on 15 October 2026, killing three children and a teacher, one fifth-grader texted his mum in panic from his Apple Watch. On the other end of the line was Michelle, who had survived a school shooting herself as a 14-year-old in California in 2001.
As her son hid in his classroom, she used the same device that once fuelled her own nightmares to guide him through his.
