The CBC National did a piece on Dawson College shooting survivor Joel Kornek. He talked about the incident and how it effected his life. Days later he went into a deep depression - so much that he wouldn't leave his house because of a mobid fear he had of the outside world. He needed sleeping pills to help him sleep and quiet the memories. A friend who feared for his saftey reached out to help and took him to the hospital. It was the first step to his recovery.
He's now back in school hoping to become a teacher. Even more impressive is that fact he took what learned from the shooting and speaks to students in various schools.
He also created a website as another means of reaching out and helping people. Joel has my utmost respect for how he has risen from this tragedy and what he is doing to help others. It takes a special person to do what he is doing.
http://www.killthinking.com/about.html
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This website is an online support community, created by Joel Kornek, a victim of the Dawson College school shooting, that provides quick support from like-minded youth on a variety of topics. You are encouraged to ask for help or offer any help that you can give to those who need it, which means that you can really connect with people your age whenever needed. Check it out and tell your friends about it!
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They say that before you die, you see your life flash before your eyes, but as I ran, the only thing I could see was my future. I kept picturing a life I would never have, a life that would be taken away from me.
That was the last moment that I lived the innocence of life. In a split second I had gone from nothing more than a student, minding his own business, to the victim of a murderer fixed on killing everyone in the school. The odds that this would happen to me are less than 0.001%, yet I found myself an hour later in the hospital, having just seen my own death and with 6 gunshot holes in my body.
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And a link to the main page of his website.
Kill Thinking
