Friday, April 23, 2021

We Promised to Remember

It was twenty-two years ago Tuesday when the unthinkable became the unimaginable. 


On April 20, 1999, the world ended for Cassie Bernall, 17; Steven Curnow, 14; Corey DePooter, 17; Kelly Fleming, 16; Matthew Kechter, 16; Daniel Mauser, 15; Daniel Rohrbough, 15; William "Dave" Sanders, 47; Rachel Scott, 17; Isaiah Shoels, 18; John Tomlin, 16; Lauren Townsend, 18, and Kyle Velasquez, 16. 

And today all we do is shrug and sigh when the news of the casualties from the latest carnage reaches us on a near-daily basis.
-bill kenny

 

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2 comments:

Adam Kenny said...

Twenty-two years and how many casualties ago?

April 23, 2021 at 7:32 PM
William Kenny said...

Far too many.

April 24, 2021 at 8:53 AM

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