Children have returned to school and planned to go trick-or-treating in Lewiston, Maine, after the deadliest mass shooting in the state's history.
Children returned to school Tuesday and planned to go trick-or-treating in the evening after spending days locked in their homes while authorities combed the area for the man responsible for the deadliest mass shooting in Maine's history. Hundreds of students were back in class at Lewiston High School, petting therapy dogs and signing a large banner that read “Lewiston Strong” — the community’s new motto.
“You know, I just couldn’t believe something like this would happen here, to us,” Karas said. “And I know that sounds like detached, kind of like, ‘Oh, we wouldn’t be affected.’ But you never think it’s gonna happen to you when it happens, you know?” When she walked through the school doors on Tuesday, Karas said she felt her stomach drop a bit. “Not because I felt unsafe,” she said.
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