Sydney Aiello, the survivor of the Parkland massacre who committed suicide a year after the shooting

A year later, the tragedy struck the Stoneman Douglas School in Parkland, Florida. Sydney Aiello, one of the students who in 2018 survived the shooting in which 17 people died, committed suicide.

According to her mother, the 19-year-old girl suffered from the "survivor's fault" syndrome and was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after the mbadacre. This syndrome affects people who feel guilty of surviving traumatic events that others have not been able to overcome.

Sydney was the best friend of Meadow Pollack, one of the victims of the shooting and to whom he later dedicated a tribute to his Facebook account. "The beautiful Sydney, with such a promising future, was torn off too soon," Meadow's brother Hunter Pollack said on Twitter.

"It was devastating to bury another beautiful young person today, our community is living the tragedy again," he wrote on Friday. "Rest in peace, Sydney, please, take care of my sister."

"A little more than a year after taking this picture, both are gone." In February, Meadow was killed in Parkland this week, Sydney has committed suicide, "said Kenneth Preston, a friend of the Pollack Family.

The Sydney family said the girl liked being a cheerleader, doing yoga and that she "wanted to devote her life to helping others".

Afraid to be in a clbadroom

Sydney's mother, Cara, told CBS Miami that her daughter was in school on the day of the shooting, but not in the same building where it happened. However, the tragedy experienced affected very seriously the young woman, who had suffered since post-traumatic stress disorder.

"Cara said that Sydney was struggling to attend clbades at the university because she was afraid of being in a clbadroom and that she was often sad but that she was not happy. she never asked for help before committing suicide, "CBS reported.

Sydney's mother hopes that her daughter's story will help save the lives of other young people in her situation.

Victor Schwartz, medical director of the Jed Foundation, which works to prevent suicide among young Americans, told NBC that "exposure to death around you increases the risk of suicide to some extent." "It makes sense that there is an increase in danger compared to [el síndrome de] the fault of the survivor, "he said.

The expert said that while many Parkland survivors are doing "incredible work" by participating in initiatives to change the weapons laws, "sadness and anguish are still there".

"I'm sure many of these students still suffer from symptoms similar to post-traumatic stress disorder, and how could they not be?", He said.

Ryan Petty, whose daughter, Alaina, has also died as a result of the shootings, has since been trying to prevent suicides for fear that the trauma will lead some victims to commit suicide. "It breaks my heart that we have lost another student." My advice to parents is to ask, "Do not wait," she told CBS Miami.