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Death Of Columbine Shooting Survivor Shines A Light On The Psychological Wounds Of Mass Shooting Survivors

Death Of Columbine Shooting Survivor Shines A Light On The Psychological Wounds Of Mass Shooting Survivors
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In April 1999, Austin Eubanks survived the mass shooting at Columbine High School, but the effects of the tragedy never left him. Now Eubanks' death is shinning a light on the pain shared by many survivors.


Eubanks, 37, was found dead early Saturday morning at his Steamboat Springs home in Colorado.

Routt County Coroner Robert Ryg has yet to determine the cause of death, but stated there were no signs of foul play.

During the 1999 shooting, Eubanks was shot twice, once in the hand and once in the knee. He was later prescribed opioids to manage the physical pain, but for Eubanks the drugs became a way to escape the emotional pain of the tragedy that took the life his best friend Corey DePooter and 12 others.

By the time his prescription ran out Eubanks was already addicted.

It was seven years before Eubanks admitted he had an addiction and began seeking help.


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After overcoming his own addiction Eubanks dedicated himself to helping others living with pain and addiction.

Unfortunately the one person Austin could not save may have been himself.





If ruled a suicide Eubanks' death will add to a growing list of survivor deaths.

In the months following the Columbine attack a mother and a student both took their own lives. Recently there have been even more instances of survivor suicide, including Jeremy Richman, the father of a Sandy Hook shooting victim, and two Parkland students.

"We've lost so many people along the way: that isolation, that grief, that anger manifests in the worst possible ways," said Columbine survivor Zach Cartaya."

It's awful, it's devastating, but unfortunately it's not shocking."

Sadly Eubanks' death highlights that many mass shootings are still claiming victims years after they occurred. It's another tragic reason many are renewing the call to finely do something about gun violence.




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