When I first heard about it, I was at my college (cegep). A few minutes after the incident happened, there was a big crowd in front of the TV near the library. Everybody wanted to get the latest news. I was totally shocked to learn that such a tragedy could happen again in Montreal. Today, the local newspaper reporters came to my cegep to do a survey and asked the students if they were scared to go to Montreal again. Why should we be afraid? I mean, something like that could happen anytime and anywhere, not just in Montreal. We can't foresee anything.
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Originally Posted by Amanda
Though lest we forget, Montréal is already the site of what is probably Canada's most infamous shooting rampage, when 14 female students were murdered at École Polytechnique in 1989. |
Among those 14 victims, there was Annie Turcotte, a student who graduated at my former private high school in 1987. The teachers who knew her as a student told us how dynamic, intelligent and determinate she was. The high school gym is named after her because she was also sporty. She was destined to a brilliant future, but some freak took her life.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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