When I hear the word "anniversary", I think of good things. A wedding anniversary, the anniversary of an organization. Not today... Today is the one year anniversary of the Platte Canyon High School shooting, where 16 year old Emily Keyes was killed. A gunman walked into the school and took 7 girls hostage. He shot Emily, then shot himself.
I remember last year when news first came out. My Current Events class started, and the teacher broke the news. Everyone was completely blown away. I kept thinking about Columbine; I kept thinking about how these things seemed to only happen in Colorado. I kept thinking about how this girl didn't deserve this. I kept thinking about how life wasn't fair. Then I thought of "Emily".
From the description of Emily Keyes, she sounded like a model student and a great family member. She had a twin brother(who is now a Senior) and caring parents until September 27, 2006 when she was killed. This reminded me of the song lyric "There's no one in the world like Emily."
I wanted to get into the mind of the killed. I wandered how anyone could do such a thing. He just walked into this high school and took 7 hostages. He killed Emily, then himself. I wanted to know what his motifs were, if he had any. Then I thought about the victims. I wanted to know what was going threw their minds while this was going on. I wanted to know what it was like to know you might not make it through the day, that any minute you might be dead. I wanted to know what Emily was thinking when she was shot, and what she was thinking when the ambulance came to late. Then again, I was completely thankful that I DIDN'T have to know what everyone was thinking. I was thankful that I DIDN'T have to go threw that terror of knowing I may not ever see me friends or family again.
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