- Tangible Therapy is offering free support services to UVU students who witnessed Charlie Kirk's death.
- Students described chaotic scenes after Kirk was shot at a campus event in Orem on Wednesday.
- UVU continues to encourage students to use resources like the 988 Crisis Lifeline and TimelyCare.
OREM — Hundreds of Utah Valley University students witnessed conservative activist and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk's death when he was shot and killed at an event held on campus.
Tangible Therapy in Orem is offering free sessions to students who need to unpack their experience.
"This is a very scarring moment in history," Cooper Munson, a senior at Utah Valley University, said.
Connor Munson was heading to Kirk's event when he heard the gunshot.
"I'm like, walking down, and then all of a sudden, like, I hear, like, a bit of something, like, I obviously wasn't sure. A bunch of people just start running by, and like, my friends are like, right there, right down in it," Munson said.
One of those students running was UVU freshman Lily Hale.
"And we start dropping, and my friend dropped and he, like, pulled me down,I think because he was, like, helping me," Hale said. "I don't think I really understood what happened in the moment. I just started to run with everybody."
The moment is still difficult to process.
"Once the adrenaline of the situation has worn off, people are left with a lot of really complicated emotions that they may or may not be ready or equipped to deal with," Tangible Therapy CEO Brady Clegg said. "So, that's why we, you know, want to be able to be a space where people can come in and talk.
All students need to do is reach out for an appointment.
"We often feel powerless to be able to do anything, because it's happening somewhere else to someone else but, you know, we see that this is happening here and now and there is something that we can do, and we feel like we really want to be able to do that to help people."
He encouraged students to seek support, whether that's professionally, or with friends and family.
"Offering like counselors and stuff, like, is really helpful just to have somebody just to talk to," Hale said.
UVU posted online: "Utah Valley University is committed to providing support to help every member of our community navigate difficult times."
The university is encouraging students to reach out to the 988 Crisis Lifeline, TimelyCare, SafeUT and other resources.
"To have a political assassination like this go down in Orem, Utah, is truly heartbreaking," Munson said. "So, we need all the help we can get."
For resources from UVU, visit its website.
For free therapy offered by Tangible Therapy visit its website, or call 435-282-8086. It has offices located in Orem and Provo.
