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Horror at Main Street Library

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I was sitting in my armchair putting stickers on a parcel when my husband told me about the cross-bow attack at Main Street Library. Shocked and sickened, I had difficulty comprehending that such violence could happen in a place of learning, desecrating its peace.

When I visited Main Street branch for my library blog project three months ago, I took pictures of a quilt, an attic window, and a lobby lined with strollers. Now, cognitive dissonance confounds my mind, for even though innocent images like these cannot possibly co-exist with the site of a murder, I am also aware that terrible events do occur in sites that should be safe. The traumatic story behind the patricide is devastating, and I am sad for the witnesses who saw what nobody should ever have to see.

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2 Responses to “Horror at Main Street Library”

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    Ellen Jaffe

    Very well said, Catherine. Whether this was a random act of violence or an intended attack on a specific person, it is horrendous to bring violence into the library — and may reflect the violence affecting all society, like an oil-spill. There was also an knifing attack on a person in a Hamilton library, about a year ago — another desecration. I too pray for everyone touched by this incident. ESJ.

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    catheraine

    Thank you for your reflections, Ellen. It’s always disturbing to read of such attacks, especially in place that’s usually associated with happiness and self-improvement.

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