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Tumbler Ridge Shooting Victim Maya Gebala Is Out of Intensive Care: Dad

Her father says she is slowly improving after months in intensive care, and therapists helped her sit up in bed for the first time.

  • On Tuesday, 12-year-old Maya Gebala transferred out of the intensive care unit at BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver to a recovery and rehabilitation unit, marking significant progress in her recovery.
  • Maya has remained hospitalized since the February 10 shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary, where 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar killed eight people, including himself, and wounded 27 others.
  • Her father, David Gebala, reported the teenager transitioned to recovery; it has been 26 hours since doctors removed her EVD, a temporary catheter that drains cerebrospinal fluid to reduce dangerous pressure.
  • With assistance from therapists, Maya sat up, leaving David Gebala "completely overwhelmed" as he was "finally able to wrap my arms around my daughter." Gebala said he could not put into words how the moment felt.
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Tumbler Ridge shooting victim Maya Gebala is out of intensive care: dad

VANCOUVER - The father of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., mass shooting victim Maya Gebala says his daughter has been transferred out of intensive care into a "recovery and rehab-focused unit."

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Winnipeg Free Press broke the news in Winnipeg, Canada on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
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