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Not In My Town!Jul 28 '00 Write an essay on this topic.This is what I always thought. Sick, violent things don't happen here. I live in a small town with other small towns around. Well, life is changing here! A few months ago, a house up from where I grew up and my parents still reside, there was an attempted shooting. I could not believe it. These things don't happen here! Now the unthinkable has happened. This week, while a 12 year old boy slept in his bed, someone came into his room and stabbed him repeatedly in the head.*Tears welling as I write this*. I did not know the boy or his family, but my heart goes out to them. Now the rumors start flying. I, like everyone else, would love to know what happened to this little boy. He is still alive, but in a drug induced coma and in critical condition. The family has hired a lawyer already! Does this make them guilty? I'm not sure what to think. You hear so much of people being shanghied into saying things they don't mean, maybe this is a good thing! I do know one thing. If this boy survives, I pray he remembers NOTHING! Can you imagine the nightmare of having to go to bed every night? HAving to live with the horror every day! Things like this do not happen in our town. Atleast not when I was growing up. Now, I have to explain this to my children. I have to explain why they are not allowed to go 2 blocks to the park alone. Why I have to take them to the bus stop every day. Why they have to stay close to me in the mall. Why they have to ride bikes in pairs. This is not fair to our children. To have to grow up with all this fear. But, without it, they may not grow up at all! Society has become so violent, that it is even in our small neighborhood! I would appreciate anyone out there to say a small prayer for Shane tonight! May God give him strength!  |
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