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In shadow of loss, mother of Aurora theater shooting victim’s long search for happiness

Sandy Phillips’ daughter Jessica Ghawi died in the Aurora theater shootings in 2012

Sandy Phillips and her husband, Lonnie, sit for a portrait at her friend’s home in Lone Tree, Colo., Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, behind a photo of her daughter, Jessica Ghawi, who was killed in the 2012 mass shooting at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater. Suffering through their own personal loss after the mass shooting, the couple set out to help other parents like them, traveling to shooting sites around the country. The trip continued for a decade. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Sandy Phillips and her husband, Lonnie, sit for a portrait at her friend’s home in Lone Tree, Colo., Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, behind a photo of her daughter, Jessica Ghawi, who was killed in the 2012 mass shooting at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater. Suffering through their own personal loss after the mass shooting, the couple set out to help other parents like them, traveling to shooting sites around the country. The trip continued for a decade. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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After losing her daughter Jessica Ghawi in a shooting at a Colorado movie theater in 2012, Sandy Phillips was determined to help others grieving as deeply as she was.
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