They can’t take that away from me

February 15th, 2008 at 12:47pm Tim Scordato

As soon as I heard the news of the shooting, I called a friend and previous classmate at NIU. She cried while she walked past a man lying on the ground in front of the Student Center. His shirt was covered in blood and he was breathing heavily. She asked me why somebody would do this. Why would they do this on Valentine’s Day?

The truth is that these incidents can happen anywhere and anytime. Many people share a blissful ignorance of violence, which is a very good thing. I wish more people shared such bliss. However, people drastically lose their confidence in themselves and their safety when such incidents happen.

I hope the victims and their families can once again regain their confidence. I’m not talking about confidence in NIU or the police force, for they have handled the situation to the best of their powers. I’m talking about confidence in the future.

No incident, no matter how tragic, should take away the confidence in a brighter tomorrow. I hope no bullets, blood and tears take away the confidence of the victims of yesterday or else there won’t be any heroes of tomorrow.

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