But one man has a companion: his fiancée’s service dog, who was with her when the gunman shot and killed her. Sarena Moore was one of nine students shot and killed by an armed gunman at Oregon’s Umqua Community College on October 1.
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The shooter ordered everyone to the ground, Tracy Heu said, and when Moore obeyed, he told her to get back on her wheelchair. “Did Bullet get shot?”
Moore was planning to get her degree in business at UCC to fulfill a dream, according to family.
One thing is now missing from Bullet’s daily walks – his lifelong owner, Sarena Moore. “That’s what he is trained to do He’s trained to stay right next to her no matter what”. “He goes to her room and lays next to the door at night and doesn’t move”.
Loved ones of Sarena Moore say it’s like having a piece of her, back with them.
“It felt good to know he was still alive”, Dow said.
And there is Moore’s favorite hat – a small but incredibly precious piece of the woman who loved all animals – and loved Bullet like a mother. What a cruel twist of fate when her wonderful dog named “Bullet” turned out to be how Serena lost her life – from a “bullet”. Sarena was wheelchair-bound due to severe back pain and reported to have suffered from sciatica.
Moore’s fiance, Travis Dow says Bullet always wonders when she’s coming home.
“Bullet became a piece of Sarena, and I was happy to get him back”. He immediately gave it to him, KOIN added.
“The last words out of her mouth were, ‘I love you baby, ‘” said Dow. He said Moore “wanted people to know there is better therapy out there than just dogs”.
For Dow, the dog his fiancee trained is exactly what he now needs for comfort. Wherever Sarena went, Bullet went too – ready to help in case she ever struggled with her disability. He said mourning Sarena and moving past the tragedy is “going to be hard”, but he and Bullet will “make it together”.
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“I could imagine what it’s like for him”.
