“I miss him dancing, picking up his brother, singing,” Camacho said. “He still sings, but it’s different.” According to a copy of Gilbert’s interview with the FBI’s lawyer, the gunman entered with what Gilbert described as creepy music playing on his phone and said, “It’s time for me to die … you’s mine. “. Gilbert’s teachers shielded him while he was crouched under a table, but a bullet that hit one of his friends hit Gilbert in the leg, according to his lawyer, Stephanie Sherman. Many of his friends died in the attack, however, and one of the first things he did after reuniting with his father was to tell him all the names of those who died and where they died. His best friend was one of those who died right in front of him, and every day now, he wants to go and comfort his friend’s mother, says Martínez. The experience stole his son’s innocence and left him with post-traumatic stress disorder – something difficult for an adult army veteran, much less a 10-year-old, to deal with, says Martínez. “We are afraid to put him back in school. He says he is ready, but when he goes to the day care center, he just shudders, panic attacks,” Martínez said. “We really do not know what we are doing at the moment. But we are just following the flow,” trying to figure out what Gilbert needs. The boy gets angry easily, unlike before, and tries to work on it, says his father. Sherman is working on lawsuits against the arms manufacturer and others. He says he hopes in part to receive compensation for the treatment for the boy. “My job is to provide a way forward for my client and that is a bridge to healing resources, mental health care, money,” Sherman said. “How do you pay for it? PTSD is a life sentence and requires treatment, maybe medication, maybe specialized treatment, exposure therapy, not just talking to someone, but going through real events and reconnecting your brain to not be afraid. . “ Sherman also believes they may have a case against arms maker Daniel Defense. “Yes, this is a civil right to bear arms, but we also live in a society,” he told CNN. “You have a pattern and the practice of 18-year-olds doing mass shootings,” he added. “I think I can make a product liability argument that you’re making a dangerous product and putting it in the wrong hands just like anything else.” Daniel Defense did not respond to CNN requests for comment, but issued a statement describing the shooting as a “bad deed.” Sherman does not allow Gilbert to be interviewed because “it is very moving,” he said. Like many in the country, Gilbert’s parents wonder how the authorities allowed the gunman to rage for more than an hour and a half before intervening and killing him. She was among the troubled moms and dads who waited outside the school for at least 45 minutes, waiting to find out if their child was alive. When Gilbert left the building, he was taken on a bus covered in blood. Frantic, Carmacho and Martínez called him to crawl out of the bus window and “just jumped out,” Martínez said. “We took him, I grabbed him,” Martinez said. “After someone checked his leg, we ‘took off’ for the hospital,” he added.
