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‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens (theonion.com)

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Glad your kid is safe. Cannot imagine getting that phone call.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It was rough, luckily when we got to staging we quickly found out that kids in her area were fine per rumor, but it was unofficial so I was still very stressed, but that hope helped. She seems unaware/unaffected currently. Thinks it was a field trip, so she seems to have been pretty well shielded from it

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago

I'm so sorry you had to go through this. I know it doesn't mean much, but it's all we've got.

Thanks for checking in and putting a human face on these events. They're too often blending together, and they really, really need to not.