This morning I woke up to a text from my friend Ben, who lives in Boulder, Colorado. In my half-asleep haze, I didn’t understand what he was telling me about the movie theater – I thought there had been a fire or something. Then it clicked: someone had opened fire.
It’s sad, shocking and scary.
The story has already permeated every news outlet – Twitter, television, blogs, etc. – and let’s hope the story is reported honestly and responsibly.
If you read one thing about Aurora today though, make it this blog post by Jessica Ghawi. You may have even heard of her by now, or her pseudonym, Jessica Redfield. She died in the shooting last night, and her last blog post was about how she just avoided a deadly mall shooting in Canada. Crazy, right?
It seems appropriate that it’s dreary out today (at least here in the Bronx it is). It makes me want to give my loved ones an extra hug, the thought that even when you go to a movie theater, you may not come back – not because of a car accident or something like that, but because of random, senseless act of violence.
Aurora, you are on my mind today.
Sarah – My mind is also on the people of Aurora today. I was just driving through there yesterday on the way to the airport to catch my flight from Denver back home. I woke this morning to my husband telling me about the tragic news. Later, I found out that it’s Aurora, the hometown of one of my dear friends of which I have visited there. Life is cruel and unpredictable sometimes. It’s these moments that make me think about what really matters in life – and suddenly all that stress and worry go away because life is about the people you get to share your life with. It’s a sad day indeed.
I logged onto Facebook that morning to see a post from a good friend “I’m alright.” That struck me funny. Why wouldn’t he be alright? Then I heard about the shooting. My good friend and his fiance live in Aurora, only a couple miles from the movie theater. Its terrifying and sickening and awful. I still can’t believe it. I’m still in shock that this tragedy happened.
It’s scary, and that post is bone-chilling. After watching the news yesterday, I had to text my friend again, and he even though he was nowhere close to being in danger, I needed to remind him I was just so glad that he was ok.
THis story makes me so sad. All I can think about is “WHY?!?” seriously what is WRONG with people?? And at a movie theater too. Going to movies is literally my favorite thing. I know I am not the only one who LOVES going to the theater. I hate that some sicko ruined that for so many people,
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