Hundreds of mourners packed the bleachers lining the Uvalde Fairplex rodeo arena for a somber prayer vigil Wednesday night, a day after 19 children and two teachers were slaughtered at Robb Element…
and Sen. Ted Cruz joined the grieving residents of Uvalde, a close-knit town of 16,000 in between San Antonio and the Mexican border, for the heartbreaking event, which was punctuated by sobs and wails.
“And we pray that God will heal their little hearts and their little souls. God is within Uvalde, she will not fall.” “I don’t want this to happen again. I don’t want this to happen to other families. No one deserves this. We need more security in the schools.”People hold the photo of a victim of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.“It happened in my class and the class next to me,” Katarina said. “I lost friends. I lost 12 friends.
“She asked ‘can I go with you?’ and I was like ‘no, it’s too early’ but eventually I said ‘OK, yeh you can’. I thank God.” People pray at a vigil at Uvalde County Arena after a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.“My Reyes is my teacher. He’s funny and made a lot of jokes,” she said.Uralde High School senior Miller Carnes, 17, was at Robb Elementary the day before the shooting as part of a tradition where graduating seniors are farewelled by younger Robb Elementary students.Miller was in the same grade as shooter.
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