Narrative Essay On School Shootings

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Blaring sirens across the distance, we heard them coming towards us to our school. In horror we waited; a feeling of praise to be alive, however, for the rest of them a cold-hearted killer ripped away their lives right under them. Since warning signs were not visible, or they were, we just ignored them. How could a human being be so cruel, yet look as if nothing was wrong with them that was it they felt no raw emotions or remorse at all? Reminding us of the lives of children, teenagers, college students, and teachers who were wrongfully taken by cold-hearted killers during these three equally horrifying school shootings: Virginia Tech University, Sandy Hook Elementary School, and Marysville Pilchuck High School.
Watching the television breaking news flashed across the screen, I sat there hearing what the reporters said; I was a young girl astonished to observed what happened considering this was the first I ever seen or heard about …show more content…

Seeing the headlines ‘Shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School’ on the news, and they broadcasted it for a long time as a result of wanting justice for the kids and teachers. Adam Lanza shot an entrance to enter into the school. Roaming the hallways, he snuck into the two classrooms murdering twenty innocent first graders and kindergarteners, as well as moving onto killing one of the teachers (Sandy Hook shooting: What happened?). The children, whose lives fell that day, were not able to have a chance to grow up and explore the world, including the teacher, who will not be able to see her children grow up and raise a family of their own. In the world school shootings are growing at an alarming rate, and we must find a way to slow it down; violence should not be the answer for things. As for Adam Lanza his mental stability caused the school shooting, since he had

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