The Tri-State Canine Response Team traveled hundreds of miles to Buffalo, New York, to offer comfort to those grieving the mass shooting at a Tops supermarket.
entered a Tops Friendly Market on Saturday and started shooting with a rifle, killing 10 Black people and wounding three other victims. A document circulated widely online seemingly outlined the suspect’s racist, anti-immigrant and antisemitic beliefs. Among them was a desire to drive all people not of European descent from the U.S., officials said.
The response teams on Tuesday visited and counseled supermarket employees who knew the victims. They later visited 911 call center operators who welcomed the dogs "with open arms," the"One person who was not working that day felt that she should have been there. One woman who has 5 ½ months to go before retirement has started meditating and takes comfort in her grandchildren.
It added: "The work that the call takers and dispatchers do is emotionally hard work that is often overlooked."Members of the Tri-State Canine Response Team are pictured resting in Buffalo, New York, on May 16, 2022. , who mourned with grieving families and warned that the nation must not be distorted by a "hateful minority.
"They shared their personal stories and thanked us for coming... One community member remarked that she was glad that President Biden had come and felt that his remarks were ‘uplifting.’ A woman did a prayer dance with Diego in thanks for our service. This woman knew every person who was killed. Even in her deepest grief, she was able to express her thanks for the support that she was receiving," the team wrote.
The Tri-State Canine Response Team does local visits to hospitals, schools, behavioral health units and libraries in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Florida, according to its website, which
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