On the day a gunman opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Sydney Aiello escaped with her life.
And this weekend, at the age of 19, Aiello took her own life.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School graduate Sydney Aiello does yoga in the photo on her family's GoFundMe page, launched to raise funds for her memorial.
Sydney's mother, Cara Aiello, told CBS Miami her daughter struggled with survivor's guilt and was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder in the year following the tragedy.
Sydney was also a close friend of Meadow Pollack, one of the students who was shot and killed in the Parkland shooting.
And the Aiello family's tragedy is an all too painful reminder that trauma effects teens deeply, often quietly, and for years.
Ryan Petty, whose daughter Alaina died in the shooting, told CBS Miami he worries that more traumatized Parkland teens will take their own lives. »
