Tammin Sursok buys bulletproof backpacks for her daughters after Nashville school shooting
"I didn’t know where the shooter was but I knew it was close to my daughter"
Earlier this week, former Home and Away star Tammin Sursok shared the horrifying news that her nine-year-old daughter, Phoenix, was caught up in a school shooting in the United States.
Tammin lives in Nashville with her husband Sean McEwen and two girls, Phoenix and four-year-old, Lennon, revealed her daughter’s school was in lockdown when a 28-year-old female shooter open fire at a nearby primary school in Nashville, Tennessee, killing six people including three children.
Tammin with her daughters, Phoenix, nine and Lennon, four.
“Today I got a call that I never thought would happen but at the same time expected because I live in the USA,” the Australian actress wrote in a post on Instagram.
“My daughter’s school was on lockdown. There was an active shooter somewhere.”
“A parent’s worst nightmare.”
At the time, Tammin, 39, did not know the location of the shooter but knew they were close to her daughter or her school.
“My daughter’s school was on lockdown. There was an active shooter somewhere.”
The former Neighbours actress later revealed that the shooting took place right next door to her daughter Phoenix’s school.
“Our community in Nashville is in shock. My thoughts and prayers are with the families going though this unimaginable tragedy,” she continued.
Tammin called for both sides of politics to find a solution to keep children safe.
“I don’t care what side you are on. We can come together to AGREE to uphold the freedom of America and its constitution AND keep our children safe. We can do BOTH!”
“You know this doesn’t make sense. You know this isn’t normal. You know children shouldn’t live in fear like this.”
“Something has to change. I know it does. You know it does. We know it does,” she concluded the post.
“You know children shouldn’t live in fear like this.”
Tammin’s fans flooded her post with support for gun laws in America.
“It only took one major incident for Australia to see what mattered most … Lives not Guns,” commented one follower, referring to the Port Arthur massacre in 1996.
“When will USA gun lobby learn that these weapons aren’t worth more than innocent children’s lives?? No other country in the world has this level of gun violence.,” wrote another.
“When I am in the US I always think about that each person I am passing by could have a gun,” added another.
“Cannot imagine living with this thought every day.
In the days following the shooting, Tammin revealed she has now bought her two daughters unicorn print bulletproof backpacks to help keep them safe at school.
“Bought two tonight. This is not ok,” she shared.
Tammin has purchased bulletproof backpacks her her daughters.
The Nashville shooting marks the 13th school shooting in the United States so far in 2023.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 129 mass shootings in total in the United States in 2023.
