The parents of a child who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have written an emotional response to the families of the Orlando nightclub victims.
“I am sorry that our tragedy here in Sandy Hook wasn’t enough to save your loved ones,” Jimmy Greene and Nelba Márquez-Greene wrote on a Facebook page commemorating their 6-year-old daughter, Ana Márquez-Greene, who died in the 2012 mass shooting at her school. Márquez-Greene founded The Ana Grace Project in memory of her daughter to prevent violence and promote recovery.
“Don’t you dare even listen to even ONE person who may insinuate that somehow this is your loved ones fault because they were gay or any other reason,” Greene and Márquez-Greene wrote on Facebook. “Nor is it God’s wrath…They did that to us on Sandy Hook- too. And it broke my heart.”
The Orlando nightclub attack, in which 49 victims were killed, was the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
Greene and Márquez-Greene encouraged people to bring up the issue of gun violence in a house of worship or community group and to call police if they believe anyone may be on the verge of committing an attack.
“Let’s be more than bystanders. Let’s save lives,” Greene and Márquez-Greene wrote.
- Inside the Massive Effort to Change the Way Kids Are Taught to Read
- Dubai's Real Estate Market is Booming. One Company is Making It Possible to Invest From Anywhere in the World
- How to Exercise When It's Really Hot Outside
- A New Documentary Sheds Light on a Pivotal Movement in Asian American History
- Far From Home: Afghan Women are Attempting to Build New Lives Abroad
- What Experts Say About How Valuable The Inflation Reduction Act's Green Subsidies Will Be
- What to Know About Long COVID in Kids
- Want to Do More Good? This Movement Might Have the Answer
