Days after barely escaping the Highland Park mass shooting with their children, a Texas family is sharing their survival story: 'If we're not safe there, I don't know where we are.'
HOUSTON, Texas -- Days after barely escaping the mass shooting at a 4th of July parade in Illinois with their children, a Texas family is sharing their survival story.Her parents still live there.
"I'm so excited for my children to have this cute 4th of July and this parade, and go watch fireworks at night," Valerie said."All of that was stolen from us, and people's lives were stolen, and people were permanently injured. They were destroyed." "They were loud, really loud," Tracy said."It sounded like a machine gun, but I think even if I was inside a mall, you would think, 'Is that fireworks?' So there was a disconnect of what I'm hearing and what I'm seeing.'"Tracy had grabbed the couple's 2-year-old daughter, Reagan, while Valerie ducked into a store with their 5-year-old, Madison.
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