One month after Uvalde school shooting: A graduation ceremony steeped in loss, resiliency
UVALDE, TX - JUNE 24: Students line up for the Uvalde High School graduation ceremony on June 24, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. Nearly 300 Uvalde High School seniors received their diplomas one month to the day after nineteen children and two adults were killed at Robb Elementary School after a former student entered the school and barricaded himself in a classroom. Shortly after 9 p.m.
After spending their last two years overcoming the many hurdles that the COVID-19 pandemic threw their way, these seniors have had to face the loss of 19 of their youngest classmates and two teachers during the May 24 mass shooting at Rob Elementary School, just three days before their graduation was set to take place.
Students, clad in dark red caps and gowns, and administrators who spoke at the graduation paid homage to the lives lost at Rob Elementary. Blaine Bennett, 71, a former educator and counselor, attended the graduation ceremony along with eight or nine family members, all there to cheer on his 17-year-old grandson, Miller Carnes.
“Everybody knew there was no way. The heart of the town was just ripped out, and it wouldn’t be right on so many levels,” Bennett said.
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