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Oh, gosh. 555 00:35:21,958 --> 00:35:25,250 I forgot I have this thing that I have to do. So… 556 00:35:25,833 --> 00:35:26,875 Yeah. Okay. 557 00:35:26,958 --> 00:35:29,875 Cool. Hey, did you want my Insta handle? 558 00:35:29,958 --> 00:35:31,583 Uh… 559 00:35:31,666 --> 00:35:35,666 It's "godisawomanmann." Two Ns. "Godisawomanmann." 560 00:35:35,750 --> 00:35:36,750 [Danni] Okay. 561 00:35:47,291 --> 00:35:49,291 [contributor] Today we're talking about Rowan Aldren, 562 00:35:49,375 --> 00:35:54,083 a teen gun-safety activist, poet and social influencer. 563 00:35:54,166 --> 00:35:56,500 After surviving the Oak Valley school shooting in North Carolina, 564 00:35:56,583 --> 00:35:59,666 Rowan came to New York to partner with the We've Had Enough organization 565 00:35:59,750 --> 00:36:03,666 to begin her fight for gun reform. Here's a look. 566 00:36:03,750 --> 00:36:04,791 [Rowan] Two miles. 567 00:36:06,208 --> 00:36:09,083 You can be two miles from a gunshot and still hear it. 568 00:36:10,500 --> 00:36:12,541 That day, even if you were nowhere near it, 569 00:36:12,625 --> 00:36:15,958 I swear, you heard those bullets loud enough to fear 'em. 570 00:36:18,125 --> 00:36:19,416 Two miles. 571 00:36:20,916 --> 00:36:23,541 But the 23 at my school carried much farther. 572 00:36:24,208 --> 00:36:27,416 Maybe that's just how it sounds when a child dies a martyr. 573 00:36:28,625 --> 00:36:31,166 And yet, it was quiet. 574 00:36:32,416 --> 00:36:33,791 Quieter than it should have been. 575 00:36:34,875 --> 00:36:37,833 We needed a riot and all we got was a funeral hymn. 576 00:36:38,791 --> 00:36:41,333 And someone saying, "Hey, couldn't one of you have tackled him?" 577 00:36:43,500 --> 00:36:47,250 Two miles. And yet not a word. 578 00:36:48,375 --> 00:36:52,833 I look up at the people in power and ask how thick are your walls 579 00:36:52,916 --> 00:36:55,125 that you can't hear what I heard? 580 00:36:56,500 --> 00:37:01,041 Well, here, behind our walls, our lives were taken turn by turn. 581 00:37:03,166 --> 00:37:05,666 Have we earned your sympathy yet, sir? 582 00:37:08,125 --> 00:37:10,791 There is more than one person at fault for what happened to us. 583 00:37:11,958 --> 00:37:15,000 There is more than one person who pulled the trigger on that gun. 584 00:37:15,083 --> 00:37:16,625 And I have had enough. 585 00:37:17,125 --> 00:37:19,375 Enough pain. Enough corruption. 586 00:37:19,458 --> 00:37:21,500 Enough death. Enough destruction. 587 00:37:21,583 --> 00:37:25,500 Enough sleepless nights, still watching my friends die. 588 00:37:26,500 --> 00:37:30,208 Enough of listening to our politicians lie. 589 00:37:30,291 --> 00:37:31,375 Enough! 590 00:37:31,458 --> 00:37:33,125 [crowd cheering] 591 00:37:42,083 --> 00:37:43,166 [Danni] Hey. 592 00:37:43,875 --> 00:37:47,791 -Hey. -That is such a cute hairpin. I'm dead. 593 00:37:47,875 --> 00:37:51,625 -Oh, thank you. I made it myself. -Cool. 594 00:37:52,791 --> 00:37:54,416 -So-- No, you. -So-- 595 00:37:54,500 --> 00:37:56,125 I was just gonna say thank you for meeting me. 596 00:37:56,208 --> 00:37:58,000 Yeah, of course. Of course. 597 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:01,291 How are you-- How are you doing? 598 00:38:01,375 --> 00:38:02,625 I'm good. Yeah. 599 00:38:02,708 --> 00:38:06,041 -I mean, I'm managing, I guess. Yeah. But… -Yes. 600 00:38:07,833 --> 00:38:10,708 Do you have family around? You know, like, in New York? 601 00:38:10,791 --> 00:38:13,875 Yeah. My dad cries whenever he sees me now though. 602 00:38:13,958 --> 00:38:16,583 And my mom keeps shipping me 603 00:38:16,666 --> 00:38:19,125 wellness supplements that she reads about on goop. 604 00:38:19,208 --> 00:38:24,291 Okay, um, well, what about your friends? 605 00:38:26,833 --> 00:38:28,250 I mean, I'm seeing you, right? 606 00:38:29,750 --> 00:38:30,833 Right. 607 00:38:31,916 --> 00:38:33,000 So, you know… 608 00:38:41,416 --> 00:38:46,000 Hey, are you-- are you cool if we, maybe, walk somewhere? 609 00:38:46,958 --> 00:38:48,083 -Yeah. -Yeah? 610 00:38:48,833 --> 00:38:49,916 [Danni] That's a good idea. 611 00:38:53,166 --> 00:38:54,458 [Rowan] I'm glad you reached out. 612 00:38:54,541 --> 00:38:57,833 It's gonna be great to have someone in group who's not, like, 50. 613 00:38:57,916 --> 00:39:01,083 Oh, that's-- No, I'm-- I don't think I'll-- 614 00:39:02,166 --> 00:39:04,875 That was just, like, a onetime thing for me. But-- 615 00:39:05,375 --> 00:39:06,916 The support group? Why? 616 00:39:08,375 --> 00:39:11,416 I don't know. Therapy never really worked for me. 617 00:39:13,750 --> 00:39:17,625 It's not therapy, okay? It's better. It's-- It's family. 618 00:39:19,375 --> 00:39:23,541 Besides, I mean, who's gonna help me explain TikTok references to the boomers? 619 00:39:23,625 --> 00:39:26,625 Is TikTok a-- Is it a topic that comes up a lot in meetings? 620 00:39:26,708 --> 00:39:28,708 -Oh, you would be surprised. -[chuckles] 621 00:39: