Christina's Bravery: A School Shooting Hero

0:00It's March 25th. This is Vancouver News today, AI-powered stories from your city. I'm Cory with the story. A 12-year-old girl named Christina emerged as a hero in the Tumblr Ridge school shooting last month. On February 10th, when Suspect Jesse Van Rutzelar opened fire, she grabbed her wounded classmates Maya Gabala and Abel Mawanza Jr. pulling them. Under a table for cover, in his final moments, Abel asked Christina to tell his parents he loved them and she kept that promise. The attack claimed the lives of Abel, who was 12, along with classmates Kylie Smith, Zoe Benoit, T'Kariya Lampert, all 12, Ezekiel Skofield, 13, an education assistant Shanda Avayugana Durand, 39. Police later found the shooter's mother, Jennifer Jacobs, 39, and his half-brother Emma Jacobs, 11, dead at their home nearby. Maya, shot in the head and neck, survived, but remains hospitalized. MP Bob Zimmer shared Christina's story at this week's National Prayer Breakfast in

1:02Ottawa, calling her shy but brave. He recounted how she delivered Abel's touching message to his family days later, moving everyone with the boy's love for his parents. Zimmer said he felt honored to meet her amid her own trauma. Abel was late to rest in his family's homeland of Zambia, with help from Canadian and Zambian governments. Her visit in Maya three days ago and saw her moving her arm, leg, and eyes while watching TV, showing signs of awareness. Her mother reports Maya is fighting another infection, with bullet fragments preventing an MRI for now. As the community heals, stories like Christina's Remindess of Courage in The Darkest Times