
'My mom's a strong woman': Daughter of Sask. stabbing survivor recounts terror, resilience in wake of attack
CBC
WARNING: This story contains distressing details.
Nicole Moostoos was jolted awake by her crying daughter sprinting into her bedroom.
"She told me that my mom and Creedon had been stabbed."
It was around 6 a.m. on Sept. 4. Moostoos, 41, jumped up in a panic, threw on some clothes and headed out the door.
She has walked the road to her mom Arlene's on the James Smith Cree Nation countless times before.
This time she ran.
"As I was running by, there were bodies lying on the ground."
With tears in her eyes, Moostoos remembered passing the home where Bonnie Goodvoice-Burns lived with her family.
The yard had become a crime scene.
Goodvoice-Burns's family said the woman died trying to protect her son Gregory, known as Jonesy, during the knife attack in the community.
A community crisis responder, Gloria Burns, was also killed trying to help them.
Moostoos said she wanted to offer CPR or some sort of assistance, but a woman at the scene said it was too late.
"They were already gone."
Moostoos kept on toward her mom's. A friend picked her up on the way.