Laurel MyersLaurel Myers began her career as a teacher, then worked for the US government as a child development center director, and instructional systems specialist, joined private industry in acquisition logistics engineering, returning to government as an intructional systems specialist, then training specialist and is currently a branch chief in workforce development. Myers and her husband live near Washington, D.C. For the first time, I looked back at the shooting event as an event that happened to more people than just me and my friends who were killed. This time, from outside my cocoon, I looked at the damage caused to the lives of everyone else, and not just me. I felt like I finally opened my eyes for the first time since I'd closed them to focus on the sounds of the shots when I was locating the shooter for the 911 operator. I observed how people responded differently to everyday occurrences now. They'd changed, just as I had. Read More Read Less