Amusement turns to anguish after shooting at iconic mall

The author, right, with her father waiting out the lockdown at Mall of America.

You see it on the news but you never expect it to happen to you. 

I was in Minnesota for the weekend accompanying my father on his 25th college reunion and, as a high school junior, touring the college myself. We decided to visit the iconic Mall of America, because that is what you do when in Minnesota. Little did I…