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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sheila Flynn

Uvalde mom ‘ran a mile barefoot’ to school while waiting to find out her daughter was dead

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The mother of a fourth-grader killed in the Uvalde school shooting made a tearful plea to Congress on Wednesday for stricter gun control.

“Somewhere out there, there is a mom listening to our testimony thinking, ‘I can’t even imagine their pain’ - not knowing that our reality will one day be hers unless we act now,” she said.

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