Scenes I didn't write about in Squirrel Hill on Saturday: A SWAT responder returned in full combat gear to his truck, only to discover that he'd left his emergency flashers on for hours and his battery was dead. A resident had to give him a jump start. 1/2

A resident, an Orthodox Jew, received a phone call from family in Israel checking to see if he was safe. He recognized the caller ID but couldn't answer the phone, in observance of not using electricity until after sundown on Shabbat. He was waiting until 7:04 pm to call back.

The family whose house was on the corner where the media awaited updates from officials offered use of its bathroom, offered to make coffee and breakfast for anyone who was hungry, anything to help. Ran a 50-foot extension cord from their home for a local TV station.

A family situated at another corner home also offered its bathrooms, and even allowed a television station to use the hatchback trunk of her car to keep its camera from getting wet. Unbelievable, the kindness amid crisis by Squirrel Hill residents only blocks away from synagogue

A woman and her young son dropped off food at the Zone 4 police station and fire house on Northumberland, saying that the police officers and firefighters who responded to the shooting shouldn't have to worry about what to eat.

Perhaps the most remarkable part, at least to me, was the patience and understanding members of the Squirrel Hill Jewish community showed in explaining intricacies of their faith to an Irish-Catholic reporter to help me write my columns this weekend.

My sincere thanks and appreciation to everyone in #SquirrelHill for their kindness amid tragedy, not only in allowing me to do my job but offering to help in any way possible. #loveconquershate