By the end of October 2022, the United States had already surpassed the historic record for school shootings in one year in the country itself. 257 attacks in centers and institutes which cost the lives of hundreds of people last year. A terrifying reality that millions of children and young people face every day and for which no solution has yet been found.
In this context, it is common to see the testimonies of survivors of these events on television from time to time, and this is exactly what happened a few hours ago on ABC. Young Trey Louis, one of the survivors of the 2018 Santa Fe high school shooting in Texas where 10 people were killedwas featured in the new edition of american idol sing his version of Calculation of Whiskey Myers.
A song that stood up to the entire jury and seconds later brought with it the confession of his experiences as a teenager, leaving everyone shocked, especially Katy Perry, who broke down in tears as soon as she heard about her experience.
“Like I said before, I’m from Santa Fe, Texas, and in May 2018, a gunman entered the school. I was in art room 1 and he showed up in room 2. Before I got to 1 I lost a lot of friends. Eight students were killed. Two teachers were killed. And it’s been really negative, Santa Fe has had a bad reputation since it happened in 2018.”
Katy Perry’s words
“Our country has let us down, damn it. This is not good. You should sing here because you love the music, not because you had to go through this fucking shit. You don’t have to lose eight friends. I hope you’ll remind people to change, because you know what, I’m scared too,” the singer said with tears in her eyes.
Katy Perry’s comments and the young man’s testimony did not take long to go viral on social networksbeing massively shared on both TikTok and Twitter, garnering millions of interactions and views as users around the world demand a change in gun policy and the protection of the youngest in schools across the North American country .