{"id":7966,"date":"2025-09-04T15:35:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=7966"},"modified":"2025-09-04T15:35:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:35:29","slug":"mom-on-icu-shift-when-critically-injured-daughter-arrives-from-school-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=7966","title":{"rendered":"Mom on ICU shift when critically injured daughter arrives from school shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As victims of the Minneapolis school shooting arrived at Hennepin Healthcare, one ICU nurse faced a devastating shock \u2014 her own 12-year-old daughter, Sophia Forchas, was among the critically injured.<\/p>\n

On August 27, 23-year-old Robin Westman, a former student of Annunciation Catholic School, opened fire through the church\u2019s stained glass windows during morning mass before taking her own life. Two children \u2014 Fletcher Merkel, 8, and Harper Moyski, 10 \u2014 were killed, and 18 others were injured, including elderly parishioners.<\/p>\n

Sophia, a seventh-grader, was rushed into emergency surgery. Her younger brother Anthony, also at the school, was physically unharmed but deeply traumatized.<\/p>\n

Sophia\u2019s mother, a pediatric ICU nurse, had rushed to work unaware the shooting involved her daughter\u2019s school \u2014 or that Sophia was one of the victims.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe arrived at work to help during the tragedy before knowing her daughter was critically injured,\u201d the family\u2019s GoFundMe explains. It has since raised over $680,000.<\/p>\n

Sophia remains in critical condition, with her medical team working tirelessly. Her recovery will be long and uncertain, but her family says she is strong \u2014 and not alone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n