Mourners Gather To Mark A Year Since Maine's Deadliest Mass Shooting
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The killings of 18 people by an Army reservist in Lewiston drove home the stark reality that no corner of the country is safe from gun violence.
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Elizabeth Seal, whose husband Joshua was killed in the deadliest shooting in Maine history, told a crowd of mourners Friday that the tragedy that rocked their city a year ago also created a community that has only grown stronger with time.
“These connections, just like a spiderweb, are beautiful. I wish it didn’t take a tragedy for me to discover these connections,” Seal said through an American Sign Language interpreter, adding that the community would “forever be Lewiston strong.”
Seal made the remarks at a memorial service that drew more than 1,000 people to the city’s hockey arena The Colisée, where Maine residents whose sense of safety was shattered last year by the mass shooting marked the anniversary.
The killings of 18 people by an Army reservist in Lewiston drove home the stark reality that no corner of the country is safe from gun violence, including a state where people often boast of the low crime rate.
Mourners held two moments of silence during the ceremony Friday evening at the precise time the shootings took place at two separate locations.
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