Grief, Anger, and Pain in the Wake of a School Shooting
Read this blog post to learn about the grief, anger, and pain felt in the wake of a school shooting, as described by a person with one degree of separation from one of the victims.
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Ilana Horn
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good morning. #CovenantSchool is in my neighborhood. i have 1 degree of separation from one of the young victims, and 2 degrees from another.
— Ilana Horn (@ilana_horn) March 29, 2023
the grief, anger, and pain i have seen in the last two days is unbearable. -
there were 10 awful minutes where i thought my next-door-neighbor/stuffed animal vet was at that school. (she goes to another Christian school nearby.)
— Ilana Horn (@ilana_horn) March 29, 2023
but one of the victims was her friend. https://t.co/Cw2RczWyML -
yesterday, at the gym, i spoke with a woman who lives near the school who heard what was going on. she immediately went to help in whatever way she could. she ended up helping with the family reunification.
— Ilana Horn (@ilana_horn) March 29, 2023 -
she described how the parents were brought to another church down the road. they had to wait for several hours in the chapel. the school people in charge were being extra careful to make sure the children were being released to the right people, checking IDs, etc.
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the detail she shared that keeps haunting me:
— Ilana Horn (@ilana_horn) March 29, 2023
the woman reuniting children with their parents held their hands as she walked them over, and she did not let go of their hands until they were firmly clutched by their parents. -
we cannot become inured to school shootings.
— Ilana Horn (@ilana_horn) March 29, 2023
we cannot normalize this pain that reverberates across communities.