MINNEAPOLIS — A girl hurt in a mass shooting at the beginning of the school year put out a public statement, thanking everyone for the support she's received and also saying, "It’s so hard to believe I actually got shot, and other kids did too."

Twelve-year-old Lydia Kaiser was shot while protecting another student on Aug. 27. That morning, a shooter opened fire at Annunciation Catholic School's Mass. Two children, Fletcher Merkel and Harper Moyski, died in the shooting.

Lydia said in a public statement on her GoFundMe page, "I’m so sad for Harper’s sister and Fletcher’s siblings. Sometimes I think I’m going to wake up from a dream even though I know what happened is real. It’s so hard to believe I actually got shot, and other kids did too. It makes me angry but I don’t want to let the s

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