Overview
- Her parents say nurses shifted her ventilator to pressure support as she started taking her own breaths, with increasing movement noted in recent days.
- The 12-year-old was shot three times and initially not expected to survive, with family reports indicating permanent injuries including paralysis on her right side.
- She was wounded in the Feb. 10 attack at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, where news accounts report multiple students and a staff member were killed after the attacker, identified as Jesse Van Rootselaar, also known as Jesse Strang, had killed family members.
- A GoFundMe for her care has surpassed its goal, reaching more than $443,000 as of Thursday afternoon.
- British Columbia established online and legislature condolence books and directed donations through the Red Cross, United Way BC and the Northeast BC Community Foundation, as her mother also reported the theft of Maya’s paddle board from her truck.