BOULDER — Three years later, Jordan Murphy still can’t walk into a public setting — a restaurant, a mall, a movie theater, a classroom — without carefully checking out everyone in the vicinity.
He surveys his surroundings for exits. He watches for suspicious behavior, for people dressed in a manner that doesn’t fit the situation. He avoids large crowds unless absolutely necessary, and when those circumstances do occur, “I’m always just a little bit on edge.”
And he watches. Always watches, carrying a hyper-awareness that comes with surviving a situation that no one could imagine happening to them, a surreal nightmare that still lurks in the shadows of his mind.