Senseless & Tragic

Gregg Lombardi - Executive Director

After 21 years as a parent, I have come to know what all grandparents know—that it takes a tremendous amount of patience, hard work, heartache and love to raise a child to adulthood.

 

I also know the tremendous joy of seeing a young life bloom with potential and of seeing that potential realized. There are few, if any, greater joys in life.

 

The taking of any life is a tragedy. The taking of a young life when the child has just begun to recognize his potential is heartbreaking. Yesterday, a depraved, pathetic and cowardly man took away three lives in a matter of hours-- solely as an expression of senseless, irrational hatred. It makes me sick to think about it.

 

I join with everyone in the community and in the nation who denounces this vile act.