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Thousands of people — many young adults — witnessed the shooting that killed Charlie Kirk.

People can be traumatized by watching news stories, seeing social media posts after a traumatic event.

A Columbine survivor and several experts offer do's and don'ts to help somebody heal.

Thousands of people — many of them young adults — who had gathered at Utah Valley University in Orem on Wednesday to hear Charlie Kirk talk about politics, ideas and America’s future instead witnessed what turned out to be his murder. Trauma experts say they may carry that burden for a very long time.

“There’s no simple, magical formula for making people OKl after a terrifying, traumatizing event,” said Joel A. Dvoskin, a clinical psychologist at University of Arizona School of Medicine.

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