Elizabeth Seal learns that her husband and three friends from the local deaf community were killed in the country's deadliest mass shooting. Maine's deaf community, described as close-knit, mourns the loss of their loved ones.
Elizabeth Seal was at home getting her children ready for bed when she heard from a friend that there had been aShe immediately texted her husband, but received no response. So she went to a neighbor’s house, where people comforted one another as they waited for more information. That was where Elizabeth Seal learned that her husband, Joshua Seal, had been killed alongside his friends in the country’s deadliest mass shooting this year.
The four deaf men were killed while playing at their weekly cornhole tournament for deaf athletes at Schemengees on Wednesday. “This group of guys, you should have seen the way they pulled pranks on each other. It was just something that was amazing. You’ll never forget that,” she said. “As a Deaf father, he knew many of our students personally as they were friends with his own children. He took them under his wing and supported their inclusion in Maine’s Deaf community,” Hopkins said. “He was a wonderful role model for hearing parents that were trying to learn sign language to communicate with their own children.”
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