Jessica Ghawi - THE DARK KNIGHT RISES







The parents of Jessica Ghawi have confirmed that their daughter was one of the 12 people killed in Friday morning’s shooting at a Dark Knight premiere in Aurora, Colo.







In an interview with KSAT, Ghawi’s parents also confirmed that a visiting friend, Brent Lowak, was among the 38 people wounded.

Ghawi, an aspiring sportscaster with an active online presence, also narrowly escaped a similar catastrophe in a Toronto shopping mall in early June, according to her blog.

Friends, colleagues and those who never met Ghawi in person confirmed her death and sent their emotion-laden condolences via Twitter early Friday morning. Mashable is still awaiting confirmation of victims from the Aurora Police Department.

    Devastated. Lost a very close friend in the shooting last night. @JessicaRedfield came to Denver to pursue sports career. I’m shaking

    — Peter Burns (@PeterBurnsRadio) July 20, 2012

    Terribly sad to read the tweets of @JessicaRedfield, a promising sports journalist who died in the Aurora shooting.

    — Grant Wahl (@GrantWahl) July 20, 2012

    Words are useless. Guns more so. If you ever had any interaction with @JessicaRedfield, you know the world is much worse off without her.





    — Jesse Spector (@jessespector) July 20, 2012

    @JessicaRedfield Go in peace, angel. <3

    — Jack (@iJackSparrow) July 20, 2012

Ghawi’s chilling final blog post entitled “Late Night Thoughts on the Eaton Center Shooting,” was a reflection on the shooting at Toronto’s Eaton Center in early June and its impact on her life. Ghawi was present at the scene of that event, but wrote that an “odd feeling” led her to “go outside and unknowingly out of harm’s way” before the shooter opened fire.

More from that post:

    “I say all the time that every moment we have to live our life is a blessing. So often I have found myself taking it for granted. Every hug from a family member. Every laugh we share with friends. Even the times of solitude are all blessings. Every second of every day is a gift. After Saturday evening, I know I truly understand how blessed I am for each second I am given.




    “I feel like I am overreacting about what I experienced. But I can’t help but be thankful for whatever caused me to make the choices that I made that day. My mind keeps replaying what I saw over in my head. I hope the victims make a full recovery. I wish I could shake this odd feeling from my chest. The feeling that’s reminding me how blessed I am. The same feeling that made me leave the Eaton Center. The feeling that may have potentially saved my life.”

Tweeting under the handle @JessicaRedfield, Ghawi’s final tweet was a response to a follower who criticized her for tweeting during the film:

    @jessespector MOVIE DOESN’T START FOR 20 MINUTES

    — Jessica Redfield (@JessicaRedfield) July 20, 2012

Earlier in the night, Ghawi tweeted that she had to “coerce” a date into seeing the movie with her:

    Never thought I’d have to coerce a guy into seeing the midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises with me.

    — Jessica Redfield (@JessicaRedfield) July 20, 2012

    Of course we’re seeing Dark Knight.Redheaded Texan spitfire, people should never argue with me.Maybe I should get in on those NHL talks…

    — Jessica Redfield (@JessicaRedfield) July 20, 2012

The rest of Ghawi’s Twitter stream shows she was a bright and funny young woman with an interest in a wide variety of sports and a journalists’ appreciation for grammar jokes who used the social network to chat with friends, talk sports and learn more about sportscasting as a profession:



    If a minor league player signs contract in the ECHL could he break that contract if an AHL team in a different system wants him?

    — Jessica Redfield (@JessicaRedfield) July 18, 2012

    Holy moly. Did I just spell favorite with a “u” in it? Who am I?

    — Jessica Redfield (@JessicaRedfield) July 18, 2012

Ghawi also wrote for Busted Coverage, a blog “dedicated to all things men: booze, ladies and sports.” Her latest piece was an early season prediction of the NHL’s Stanley Cup Playoffs.

    NO! NO! NO! Our friend @JessicaRedfield, real name Jessica Ghawi was killed in that theater. She wrote for BC.

    — Busted Coverage (@bustedcoverage) July 20, 2012

— Stephanie Haberman contributed to this report



Jessica Ghawi, who was shot and killed on Friday at an Aurora, Colo. movie theater, narrowly escaped a different massacre just last month.

While visiting Toronto last month, the 24-year-old was nearly caught in the Eaton Centre mall shooting, which left two dead and six injured. On her blog, she wrote that she left the mall just three minutes before the gunman opened fire on the food court, right where she was previously standing. Her blog post touches on her experience cheating death that day and opines on the fragility of life. As she watched emergency responders rush victims out on stretchers, she wrote:


I saw the victims of a senseless crime. I saw lives change. I was reminded that we don’t know when or where our time on Earth will end. When or where we will breathe our last breath.

Tragically, hers came just seven weeks later as she watched the midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises at an Aurora, Colo. movie theater. Her excitement over the film could hardly be contained, splayed all over Twitter as she tweeted using her handle @JessicaRedfield. In her last exchange, just before the film, she teased a friend who was missing the late-night screening.

(PHOTOS: On the Scene at the Aurora ‘Batman’ Shooting)

    @jessespector MOVIE DOESN'T START FOR 20 MINUTES
    —
    Jessica Redfield (@JessicaRedfield) July 20, 2012

The massacre took the lives of 12 moviegoers and injured nearly 50 others, as gunman James Holmes, who was wearing a gas mask, entered the theater 20 minutes after the movie began and opened fire.

(MORE: Who Is James Holmes, the Shooting Suspect?)





Ghawi, originally from Texas, was working as an intern for Denver sports-radio station 104.3 The Fan. She had been living in Denver for just over a year, according to an earlier tweet. She was also noted as an intern for the You Can Play Project, a Denver-based sports organization that advocates for fairness and equality for gay athletes. Both of her employers tweeted their sadness over Ghawi’s death.





    We're sad to report @JessicaRedfield, an intern for The Fan, was 1 of those killed in the theater shooting. Our prayers are w/her family.
    —
    104.3 The FAN (@1043TheFan) July 20, 2012

    Our staff is despondent today over the loss of our intern Jessica Redfield. We will miss her intelligence, kindness, and work ethic greatly.
    —
    You Can Play Project (@YouCanPlayTeam) July 20, 2012

Ghawi’s brother Jordan described on his blog his heartache and confusion when he was alerted of his sister’s death. “At approximately 0215 CST, I received an hysterical, and almost unintelligible, phone call from my mother.” He then explained he called Brent Lowak, Jessica’s friend who had attended the movie with her. “Brent further stated that he took two rounds and that my sister took one round followed by an additional round which appeared to strike her in the head.” After these conversations, he wrote that he quickly jumped on a plane from San Antonio to Denver in order to be there with his sister.







After fortuitously escaping the Eaton Centre shooting, Jessica Ghawi wrote in her blog post: “My mind keeps replaying what I saw over in my head. I hope the victims make a full recovery. I wish I could shake this odd feeling from my chest.”






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