The fact that this woman went back to work is so beyond me...What an amazing teacher / human.

I've spent literally thousands of hours in a courtroom. This prosecutor is the best I've ever seen. He is showing the jury everyday how much pain and suffering this little monster inflicted on not only the dead but the survivors. The kids and teachers who survived are showing their bravery and moral compass, neither of which this little zero has or ever will have.

I was class of 2011. Ms. Ronit Reoven was my world geography teacher in 9th grade, and she has always been a caring sweet teacher who cared for her students. It pains me she had to go through this experience as anyone else has, having to be so strong and implementing these survival methods in a classroom that should be full of social studies decor, bright windows, and clean desks with no bloodshed. She is very strong to return to MSD for her students. The entire community in my hometown has been impacted by this situation, and all of the teachers who have gone back to teach again deserve serious raises, mental support for free, and all the love and respect in the world. It is a rough space to feel safe in these days. Teaching is so undervalued these days.

She is a wonderful witness. She's answering the questions and using clear yet descriptive language to relate the God-awful experience. She's a strong woman. Bless her.

Some heroes don't wear a cape. My heart goes out to all the parents, families, teacher's and friends.

Teachers expect to go to work putting bandaids on scraped knees or helping sports players ice an ankle- NOT tying make shift tourniquets because of a mass murderer. She’s a true hero. This is heartbreaking.

Her ability to talk clearly, confidently, and loudly, despite the traumatic topic, shows her strength. She's an incredibly dedicated teacher and a brave woman, and what she did for her students is remarkable.

Wow she went above and beyond. She remained so strong for her students and it's inspiring

Her ability to think rationally during something this horrific saved more lives than just the tourniquets she provided. We need a drill for this the same way we have fire drills. Unfortunately there are sick people out there after our kids and we need to provide a safer environment for them, starting with securing our schools.

The way she’s describing the details of what occurred almost makes you feel like you were there in the room with her… and it is HORRIFYING.

This is a prime example of WHAT a REAL teacher looks and acts like! She's the epitome of a savior, a leader and courageous, cool headed woman. God she's a brave leader. Seeing Max Schachter, father of Alex Schachter every single day in court and feeling the immense pain radiate from him crushes my heart. What a strong, solid father he is.

I can't imagine continuing to teach at the school after going through that... what a strong woman.

It gives me so much pain to watch these parents living the moments that led to their children’s death during the teacher’s testimony. I also felt the teacher’s emotions, and as a fellow teacher I cant even imagine seeing my students get shot. I hope they can have peace in their hearts

My heart goes out to that many with the silver hair and the frown. His face hasn’t changed throughout this entire trial. I can’t even begin to comprehend his sadness. Wish I could give him a big hug.

Note: NEVER give water to a trauma victim who starts begging for water. I'm not criticizing the teacher for her in-the-moment actions. She did the best she could in a chaotic and overwhelming situation. I'm using her mistake as a "teachable moment". The body of a trauma victim diverts blood away from organ systems that aren't essential for "flight or fight". This includes the digestive system. As the adrenaline starts to wear off and shock sets in, the patient can develop dry mouth and a desire to drink. However, if there is blood loss giving them water is among the worse things you can do. The body is running on an "emergency mode" conserving blood for vital systems. Putting water in the stomach reactivates the digestive system, diverting blood into the stomach. There are 3 problems with this. First, the body may not have enough blood to run the heart, lungs, brain, and the stomach. The first 3 are critical, the stomach is not, so sending blood to the stomach can kill the patient. Second, if there is an injury to the digestive system, activating that system will cause increased blood loss through that injury. The patient will bleed out faster, or bleed in faster from internal bleeding. Third, the patient might vomit the water and aspirate during the emergency surgery that, hopefully, will soon follow. (That's why they only give you ice chips while you are waiting for surgery.) Teacher first aid usually only covers a basic CPR course. My training is more extensive because I took advanced First Aid for a PE credit. I highly recommend first aid courses. The American Heart Association, American Red Cross, and most colleges, hospitals, life guard organizations, scouting groups, and county/city health departments host or provide such training, or would be glad to refer you to a trainer.

She's a hero for her quick thinking trying to save her student's lives. It is extremely sad and heartbreaking to hear her retelling this story, specially in regards to the student who's lost life she witnessed.

I’m just struck by the awesome quality of the staff and students who have testified. This teacher is Just such a good human being. The sickness and evil of what happened to the Parkland students and staff is beyond horror.

My respects to this and all teachers. They have to go through so much in a daily basis and sometimes they don’t get the recognition they deserve. This teacher is such a strong, caring woman that loves her career, gets up every morning to make a difference in someone’s life.

a lot of schools don't do active shooter drills anymore, because the shooter could be sitting right there in class, listening and planning. that makes me feel sick. the fact that she continues to teach there is astonishing, what an incredible woman i hope she can one day work though all that trauma.

The way that she tells this story is absolutely terrifying and riveting. She clearly has such strength… and to go back and be a teacher. God bless her!

I hope no one ever has to experience this but if they do I hope they have a teacher like this. She’s so sweet and you can tell how much she loves her students. Listening to her description started to give me anxiety and I cannot imagine what these poor people had to endure. 😭

Jeez Im just so heartbroken for these families, friends and teachers. I can't imagine going through this and having to relive it. They are all so brave and strong despite feeling weak.

Unbelievable how a single man can cause so much despair for so many people. It’s so heartbreaking. 💔

I've watched many many interrogations and behavior studies, and am always amazed at how much can be learned about a person, just by behavior alone. This poor woman is reliving each moment during her testimony. She doesn't look up at the prosecutor, she looks down, accessing her memory. She uses gestures when describing her reactions, as if she's in her classroom at that moment, pointing out where people and objects were that day. She's a true hero. I've seen an interview with Maddie and she said that if she had been laid flat, she would've bled out due to the way she was injured. She saved lives that day by her quick thinking, and her critical thinking. But I'm sure the 3 students that were injured, and Carmen's death are the images she can't erase in her mind. The fact that she returned to her school, to continue to teach her kids shows her strength and her determination to prevent the monster that caused this carnage from winning. God bless this beautiful woman, and God bless the families of those lost and injured! 💙

The bravery and compassion shown by this teacher and so many others that day is amazing.

Oh my God, seeing the parents listen to her describe what happened in the classroom is absolutely heartbreaking.

What a strong person and a wonderful teacher. She was there for her kids when they needed her most.

The moment she explained how she realized, that Carmen was gone... You could see that she pulled herself together sitting in this court desk, the same way she pulled herself together in that goddamn classroom in order to save and protect and comfort her students. We need more selfless people like her in this world. Being a teacher is a job that holds great responsibility and the individuals sense of it is tested the best in such horrifying moments, that shell never happen in the first place. This Lady for sure did not failed the test.

She made me feel like I was right there. Great witness, amazing teacher & wonderful human being.

Seeing the raw look of unimaginable pain & grief on the faces of those hearing such detailed testimony of this dear teacher (such a powerful & brave witness) makes me feel empty or broken inside...I pray for everyone effected by this senseless tragedy......How do you go on???

Such a powerful story. She was brave and strong. Most people don’t know what teachers always fear and face. And she continues to teach there. Logan! What a wonderful young man.

This hits hard, such as 7:45. God bless this teacher, the victims and their families, and all who experienced and were impacted by this horrible tragedy.

I've always said that above parenthood, being a teacher has got to be the hardest job on earth and this teachers heartbreaking testimony confirms this. My prayers go out to the hundreds that are going through such pain that this monster has put them through 🙏🙏🙏.

I want to Thank Mrs. Reoven for her amazing reaction to immediately jump up and take lead to try and protect the Students. Guiding the students to go the correct way to go hide for safety. We need more people to react the way she did. Mrs. Reoven put her life last as she was trying to help many kids that got injured. Please say a prayer for all the families that are involved in this horrible tragedy. 🙏 I’m so sorry that this senseless act took place. I’m sorry for all the families involved. PLEASE.SPREAD.LOVE.NOT.HATE. ❤️

I doubt that this teacher will ever read my comment, but bless you!! Thank you for everything you’ve done!

At first I thought it would be great if Nick got the death penalty. Then I started thinking more into it. Death is inevitable, it happens to all of us. I think what is far worse than death, is sitting in a confined room every single day for the rest of your life while you relive the memories over and over. Sitting through this trial listening to every single detail, how everyone died. The suffering and pain. Knowing you caused all of that. Spending every single day alone and isolated for the rest of your life while you are haunted with the blood on your hands, that’s way worse than death. Nick needs to rot in that cell, death is too easy. You must live with the actions you caused.

What an amazing woman and educator. She's a hero. She saved lives that day and her strength to go on teaching is amazing.

This must've been the scariest moment ever, this teacher tried to save her kids. The fact that she assisted those injured kids the best she could...no teacher should face this terrible situation 😔😔

When she switched from first person plural to second person. I burst into tears. This is what a true trauma story looks like.

When I initially saw Maddie’s photos of her leaned against the wall I thought she was dead. First responders thought she was dead. She’s a fighter. It’s hard to imagine such a young person surviving like that for that long, from gunshots like that. Seeing her laying there with that jacket wrapped around her arm, just… so depleted of life in appearance but fighting so hard on the inside…it’s shocking.

I can’t image the strength it took to return to school and quick thinking to help injured . This teacher is a hero

I couldn’t imagine what they felt that day. My heart goes out for everyone involved.

just want to hug her she did perfect despite having to look straight at him and everything. omg i just cant believe how close to home this was it could have been my kids school, so so sad

Such a tragedy. Listening to the survivors, friends, and families who have had to endure all of this...and watching them have to relive it all is heartbreaking. You can feel their pain, as well as the terror they experienced. But only to a certain extent.. I can't even imagine. How terrifying, and the trauma they now have to live with daily. I wish them all the best, and for them to find a way to try and heal their broken hearts.

This woman is clearly an exceptional person. Of course her actions and presence of mind during the event were outstanding, but you can also tell just by the way she speaks. Smart, confident and articulate.

This woman is an amazing human. Thank you, ma'am for all you do.

Ohhh, this teacher is in so much pain...just like the families and friends. She will never be the same but I hope and pray she remains a teacher until retirement. She has a soft Spirit and a great mind. God bless her. God bless all the families and rescue workers who helped. I'm so sorry for all that you have gone through and continue to go through. Peace, Lynne 🍃💜✝️💜🍃

Since I was a kid I always dreamed of being a teacher, specifically kindergarten. I was in high school when the Sandy Hook shooting happened and totally changed my mind on my future endeavors. Seeing her speak brings regret to my mind. She brought back my passion for kids and I compare my current occupation and feel like I still have it in myself to want to teach and to bring happiness to children. She is a model teacher, the love and care for her kids even in that horrible event brings a want for myself to go above and beyond for children.

This is one of thee most compelling testimonies. I don’t know how you could listen to this ( I mean she takes you right there! ) and not vote for the death penalty. This is heartbreaking

The way she describes this so clearly you can tell it is something she re lives often

She better get an award for this. She was able to save lives and help injured students. She's obviously Wonder Woman.

:137 She has PTSD. She is startled when someone coughs/sneezes. My heart goes out to her and the families. She did an amazing job both inside the classroom and in the court.

I have watched a lot about this horrible tragedy and this woman's ability to communicate/not freeze up verbally under all that pressure. She really is a quick-thinking hero. So many more students could have been hit had she not spoken up, then to hear how she even spoke up again to get help faster... Damn. This lady deserves to never have to work another day in her life

for me one of the most scariest part of all these testimonies, is that almost all of them never questioned what they were hearing when the shooting started. No one tries to go out and check, no one thinks its some prank or whatever. Almost all of them knew immediately what they were facing. On one side it's great though that due to all of those lockdown drills they kind knew how to recognize what's going on, but it's also scary because it shows what world our kids are growing up in...

God be with the parents who have had to endure this trial! Pure torture for them while Cruz has his entourage supporting him . Its beyond words what the parents have to endure day in day out with this trial. My prayers are with them !

Tears are coming out my eyes today. I could not review when it happened. God help these parents and families today. Protect those in school today .

God bless her!! 😭 What a brave woman!!

It amazes me that some of these women and men still get up and teach after such a traumatic experience having to loose students 😩 and a piece of mind and still walking those same halls

So sad for this dear Teacher. What a horrible situation to live through. God bless her please. Amen

I love how she bluntly responded yes to the prosecutor when asked that basic sod questions about the police turning up. Well typical of such a clear strong woman.

What a wonderful teacher who did her best to protect these kids even when she couldnt

I’m so angry and sad that these kids had to go through this

Such a hero. Thank goodness for people like her.

We gotta do something we gotta save our children from ever going through this ever again

All I can say is, My heart breaks. WHAT A STRONG WOMEN..GOD BE WITH YOU 🙏

How brave and gutsy must you be to go through this horrific tragedy...then return there to teach....then recount it all in court, relive it all, see brutal photos, with that scumbag in the same room....? Amazing lady and teacher. I'm sorry ma'am. Bless you

When she almost started crying describing the girl who died it broke my heart

My god, I absolutely salute her for returning to work AND to the same school! She deserves a bravery award for that alone.

It’s NOT a teachers job to be “a good guy with a gun”. It’s NOT a teachers job to be a nurse on the battle field. Its NOT a teachers JOB to jump in front of a bullet to save their students. It’s NOT in a teachers job description to ever have to witness the ending of their students lives. But most if not all teachers would do these things anyways. It’s horrifying how normalized these instances have become in this country. We’re being forced to have children now because lawmakers want to protect the life of the fetus, but this is how those lives get protected by those same lawmakers after their birth. Those children should still be with us. This teacher should never have had to relive those memories because this should have never happened in the first place. I would wish for the death sentence, but it’s to easy of a way out for that scum. I hope they give him life in prison with NO possibility of parole and I can only pray the inmates he’s with make his life hell in there.

We need more teachers like her

I wasn’t there but listening to the testimonies makes me see what they saw. My God the horror that loner put those kids and teachers through. The lives he took FOR WHAT?!! He shot Meadow what like 9 times? All the families he destroyed and he’s just sitting there like a stupid idiot. They better keep him in solitary confinement for the rest of his miserable days because someone might finish him.

Such a brave woman…it’s sad we have to ask teachers to risk their lives just to step into a school…makes me so Unhopeful…

The faces of these parents is so heartbreaking

This poor woman looks like she has PTSD... God bless her and all involved in this tragedy!

What an amazing teacher, God bless you.

she had amazing control in that class. I have seen footage from other phones where she makes sure the class stays back. there was a boy next to her that was so brave and ran to check on the injured kids …

She’s an incredible woman! Some of her students recorded videos and they’re still online on Reddit.

She shouldn’t have had to do it but she helped save some of those kid’s lives, making a tourniquet out of her blanket, absolute hero !!

I wonder if any of the teachers who have testified, ever taught Cruz? Truly heartbreaking and I pray that all affected find peace. RIP to all the lives lost💐

Thank you, Ms. Rovien. You’re so brave! You’re a hero!!!

They are reliving the trauma,hatsoff to everyone testifying ,peace,love n prayers to all victims n families 🙏🏻🙏🏻

You are an amazing teacher and human being Mam!!! Thank you for your bravery!! All of us around the country love you ❤😊

She is a brave and wonderful woman because she didn’t have to do that but she did

I really hope she is the highest paid teacher in the history of teachers. She saved so many lives in her classroom that day. When in this day of society all she would have been expected to do is save herself.

It’s interesting how she uses the pronoun “you” to describe her own recollections, rather than using “I” when she describes particularly distressing moments of the experience… perhaps as a way to emotionally distance herself from the trauma

This teacher is a true hero. Props to her!

God bless them for helping the injured!

As a psychology student I respect her and it’s hard to listen to. When she started describing the shots she separated herself by saying “you hear” and “vibrations in your chest”

Riveting testimony from this teacher, reliving a real-life nightmare.

So sorry for all students and teachers 😪

How horrifically ironic that the second amendment rights are allowing this to happen because they won't sensibly amend those rights for modern day. This lady is a magnificent brave and rational person ❤ 😢 How she is able to recall this without falling apart is truly heroic and so were her actions.

This awesome teacher triaging these kids. What a horrible thing to have to do. I pray these poor victims get all the counseling they need. So sad.

It is devastating that this is life in America now. Each time we send our children to school...each time these passionate teachers go to work - trying to make a difference...we have to wonder if they will be massacred.

Can I ask why this is still going on? He pleaded guilty, we knew he was guilty and day after day they keep having people recount these horrible stories that we know is hard for them to talk about. It would be like having myself on camera murdering people, admitting to it and then the court just going ok but we want everyone to tell their horrific experience of it.

This teacher is a national hero in this case !!!! MY love goes out to this fine young teacher !!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸✝️✝️❤❤

absolutely terrifying, they deserve to not be sitting ducks, teachers deserve a safe, fingerprint only, with a gun to help survival. imagine KNOWING you can't do NOTHING

Its scary to think that the shooter could have opened any of the classroom doors due to the window in the doors. One of the teachers said in court that she noticed that the shooter could get in from the door window. I cant amagin being in that situation and noticing a security flaw and hoping that the shooter doesnt notice.

I hope every classroom is equiped with first aid kits that have enough tourniquets for all students in the class going forward... Our kids are absolutely worth the cost and don't let the government say its way too expensive... I will make sure my kid has one in their back pack at all times...

Oh my wanting water meant a very serious injury. I know she didn’t know but you should not give water. So sad. She is so brave but you know in her heart and brain that this is still so traumatizing. God Bless all these heroes. . 🙏🙏🙏🥲

I keep replaying 13:20-13:24 and it brings me to instant tears each time.