The Hidden Dangers Lurking Behind Every Window—What Michael Gutierrez Wants You to Know
In the end, it’s not a massacre. A graduate student shot his professor. In the days that follow, we read about how the victim was a great man and husband and father and the lives of the people who loved him are forever altered. We don’t say it out loud, but we’re relieved. At a certain point – when you’ve imagined dozens dead – you’ll take one.
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The next time, I’m in the hallway talking to coworkers when people begin running but there’s no alert yet, just people yelling “active shooter” so I head to my office along with a new staff member who doesn’t know where to go because she’s in her early 20s and has only been here a month. It’s September 13th.
