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Kyle Kashuv
Kashuv on March 8, 2018 at in the Oval Office
Born	c. 2001 or 2002 (age 22–23)
Nationality	American
Education	Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Occupation	Activist · Student
Years active	2018–present
Website	Official Twitter account

Kyle Kashuv (born c. 2001/2002) is a survivor of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on February 14, 2018, Second Amendment advocate, and mobile app developer. Since the shooting, he has met personally with President Donald J. Trump as well as other politicians from both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Following the shooting, Kashuv has received media coverage for his views on the Second Amendment and criticisms of fellow students Emma Gonzalez and David Hogg, who are gun control advocates.

Shooting survivor

Kashuv, whose parents immigrated the to United States from Israel in the 1990s, survived the shooting by gathering classmates into a closet and hiding from the gunman, Nicolas Cruz. In the aftermath of the shooting, he first started picking up mainstream news coverage after an exclusive sit-down interview with conservative outlet Townhall's Guy Benson. Since his interview he has gone to Washington D.C. to lobby for "bipartisan legislation", meeting with President Trump and First Lady Melania as well as other Washington, D.C. politicians. Kashuv is a proponent of the "STOP School Violence Act" introduced by Senators Marco Rubio (FL-R) and Bill Nelson (FL-D). He has asked other prominent Parkland survivors to support the legislation. He was an attendee at the March 24 March for Our Lives event at the White House.

Smartphone app

Kashuv is developing a smart phone app that he self-funded that allows bullied or emotionally struggling students to seek help more easily. “We definitely understand we have a lacking in the department for emotional support at our schools,” Kashuv said in an interview on Fox Business, "And right now we clearly see a lot of movement in legislation trying to enact that.” Kashuv went on to say, "“I am right now working on an app … to help moms maybe volunteer at school for emotional support,” he added. The app is called ReachOut, and is currently in the final stages of development. The app allows people to volunteer for emotional support sessions at their local schools, and gives bullied and emotionally struggling students to chat with each other in a private chatroom.

References

1. "FL Shooting Survivor: David Hogg's Comments 'Egregious and Inflammatory'". Insider. Fox News. March 24, 2018.
2. Zak, Dan (March 9, 2018). "A conservative Parkland student's whirlwind trip to D.C. ended in the Oval Office". Retrieved March 31, 2018.
3. "Video: Melania Trump meets Parkland shooting survivor Kyle Kashuv - Daily Mail Online". Daily Mail. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
4. "Kyle Kashuv sets the gun agenda in Washington - Miami Herald". Miami Herald. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
5. Limitone, Julia (February 28, 2018). "Florida shooting survivor creating app for emotional support in school". Fox Business Network.
6. "Parkland survivor Kyle Kashuv on meeting Trump, his app to prevent another school shooting". www.msn.com. March 9, 2018.

External links

• Kyle Kashuv on Twitter

• Living people
• American gun rights advocates
• American shooting survivors
• American child activists
• Crime witnesses
• People from Parkland, Florida
• Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
• Students in the United States