THE CENTER ACCEPTED THE AWARD
. SHE STILL HAS THAT SPARK.
A TERRORIST COMMUNICATING
WITH THEIR KIDS USING SOCIAL
MEDIA.
THE FBI HAS SEEN IT HAPPEN
AND THEY SAY IT IS A GROWING
PROBLEM. Reporter: THEY ARE
LIKE PUPPET MASTERS.
THEY'RE USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO
COMMUNICATE WITH TEENS AND
BUILD A RELATIONSHIP AND PULL
THE STRINGS TO MAKE YOUR CHILD
TO SOMETHING DEADLY.
IT IS A NEW WAY OF RECRUITING
BUT THEY'VE COME UP WITH A WAY
TO BETTER EDUCATE TEENS SO THEY
DON'T FALL INTO THE TRAP.
SEEING MY FAMILY THAT
STRUGGLES WITH CERTAIN THINGS
AND THEIR GUILT AND THEIR
EMOTIONAL PART IS HARD FOR
ME. Reporter: SHE WAS NEAR
THE FINISH LINE WAITING FOR HER
MOM AT THE BOSTON MARATHON.
SHE NEVER DID FINISH BECAUSE
TWO PRESSURE COOKER BOMBS
EXPLODED.
SHE SURVIVED, RECOVERED BUT
STILL DEALING WITH THE EVERYDAY
CHALLENGES OF BEING AN AMPUTEE.
YOU LIVE THERE AND THE
SENSATION WILL MAKE YOU FEEL
LIKE YOU HAVE A LATE BUT AS
SOON AS YOU ROLLOVER, YOU
RELIES I DON'T HAVE THE OTHER
LEG.
Reporter: SHE CANNOT CHASER
STUDENTS LIKE SHE USED TO BUT
SHE'S FOUND ENCOURAGEMENT.
DRAGONFLIES ARE A SYMBOL OF
STRENGTH AND RESILIENCY AND
OVERCOMING OBSTACLES AND
COURAGE. Reporter: THE
DRAGONFLIES MASCOT HAS HELPED
HER MOVE FORWARD WITH HER LIFE
AND SHE'S BACK TO TEACHING
PRESCHOOLERS AND TEAMED UP WITH
THE FBI TO SERVE AS A EDUCATOR.
THEY SAID THAT THEY WANTED
TO GET SURVIVOR STORIES AND
REALLY TELL HOW THESE EVENTS
IMPACT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
AFFECTED BY IT.
SO IT MADE ME FEEL I WANT TO BE
APART OF THIS.
THE CAMPAIGN IS CALLED TO BE
A POPPET AND THEY ARE EDUCATING
KIDS ABOUT EXTREMIST.
THE STORY IS ONE OF SEVERAL
POSTED ON THE SITE AND SHOWS
THE IMPACT OF VIOLENT ATTACKS
AND HOW EXTREMIST ARE WORKING
TO GET OTHERS TO FINISH OUR
MISSION.
THEY CAN REACH INTO THE
POCKET OF A YOUNG AMERICAN AND
HAVE IT ON THEIR PHONE AND HAVE
THEM ALL DAY LONG AND CONTINUE
TO JUST TRY TO POISON THEM WITH
ALL OF THE IDEAS.
I THINK OUR BEST LINE OF
DEFENSE IS TO ARM THE YOUNG
PEOPLE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF
THE THREAT THAT'S OUT THERE.
Reporter: THE GAME WEBSITE
IS TAILORED TO TEENS BETWEEN 13
AND 18 YEARS OLD.
THAT AGE GROUP MAY BE MORE
FORMIDABLE OR LOOKING TO FIND
THEIR PURPOSE IN LIFE.
THEY TRY TO CONVINCE THEM
THAT THERE'S A CORRUPTION IN
THE WESTERN WORLD OR CORRUPTION
IN THE GOVERNMENT. THE ONLY WAY
TO RESPOND TO THAT AND TO MAKE
CHANGE IS THROUGH VIOLENCE.
Reporter: TEAMFORGE IDENTIFY
WARNING SIGNS AND RECOGNIZE
EXTREMIST PROPAGANDA AND THE
PUPPET IS AFRAID OF WHAT IS IT
STRINGS.
WE ARE LOOKING AT OF THE
THREAT FROM DOMESTIC AND
FOREIGN GROUPS. CERTAINLY WHEN
YOU LOOK AT THE CASE IN
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, OF
DYLAN ROOF WHO WAS RADICALIZED
TO ENTER A CHURCH AND INITIATE
VIOLENCE THERE, YOU SAW THE
TRAGEDY IN ORLANDO AND IN SAN
BERNARDINO AND OTHER PLACES.
THESE ARE EXACTLY THE TYPES OF
CASES THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO
TRY TO GET OUT THERE ON THE
FRONT END TO TRY TO SEE IF
THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO
TO EDUCATE PEOPLE WERE MISGUIDED
.
Reporter: ATTACKS LIKE THE
BOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS WERE
TWO YOUNG MEN WHO GREW UP IN
THE UNITED STATES TURNED TO
VIOLENCE.
WE ARE TRYING TO PREVENT
VIOLENCE HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES WHETHER IT IS ON A
SHOPPING MALL OR AT A SCHOOL OR
AT A CHURCH.
TERRORIST ATTACKS THAT
FOREVER TAINTED LIVES OF PEOPLE
LIKE ERICA.
THREE YEARS LATER SHE IS STILL
HEALING AND ADJUSTING AND
TEACHING.
THIS NEW LESSON IS SOMETHING
SHE HOPES WILL BE LIFESAVING.
I AM PROUD OF MY PROGRESS.
I WISH THAT I DID HAVE MY LEG.
UNTHANKFUL BECAUSE IT MADE ME A
BETTER PERSON.
Reporter: THEY LAUNCHED A
SITE IN FEBRUARY AND SHE HAS
INTRODUCED IT TO SEVERAL LOCAL
HIGH SCHOOLS BUT THEY DO NOT
HAVE ANY NUMBERS ON HOW MANY
PEOPLE HAVE USED THE COURSE .
THIS IS STRICTLY A RESOURCE FOR
ANY TEACHERS, TEENAGERS,
PARENTS.
