FanStory.com - Cleveland School Shootingby Gypsy Blue Rose
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my son was at a school shooting
2017 Poems
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Cleveland School Shooting
by Gypsy Blue Rose 9-1-1 Contest contest entry
sheer sounds of terror in the schoolyard
gun
shots
Author Notes
My son was in a school shooting. I will never forget when my girlfriend told me that she heard it on the radio. My heart stopped for a second. I drove to the school as fast as I could but the police stopped me two blocks away due to a blockade. The school was under siege. I had to park and run the rest of the way. When I got there I was forced to wait for two hours to find out if my son was dead or alive. It was horrible. All the parents had to wait to be reunited with our children because five children were killed, and until their parents were informed, the school administrators wouldn't release the rest of the children. I don't know why they did it. It seems cruel.
The Stockton schoolyard shooting occurred on January 17, 1989, at Cleveland Elementary School at 20 East Fulton Street in Stockton, California, United States. The gunman, Patrick Purdy, who had a long criminal history, shot and killed five schoolchildren and wounded 32 others before committing suicide. His victims were predominantly Southeast Asian refugees. This particular shooting happened almost exactly 10 years after another school shooting in San Diego, which also happened to be at a school named Cleveland Elementary.
Michael Jackson came to the school to visit the kids and do a private concert. He also paid for the children's therapy. Michael was a good hearted man that love children.
There has been 200 schoolshootings in the USA since 2013.
the picture is a school mural, google images
