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Lynnie Westafer

Lynnie Westafer is a writer, filmmaker and journalist in Los Angeles

Los Angeles Police SWAT officers, and Los Angeles firemen wearing bulletproof helmets, evacuate a child, after a gunman barricaded himself inside a Trader Joe's store in Los Angeles, July 21, 2018. (AP/Damian Dovargane)

Best of 2019: What a hostage survivor knows now about trauma

Lynnie Westafer
Los Angeles Police SWAT officers, and Los Angeles firemen wearing bulletproof helmets, evacuate a child, after a gunman barricaded himself inside a Trader Joe's store in Los Angeles, July 21, 2018. (AP/Damian Dovargane)

I was a hostage at the 2018 Trader Joe’s shooting. Here’s what I know now about trauma

Lynnie Westafer