Watching emergency school board mtg re:opening. A veteran just stood up & said “The ghosts of the people I’ve killed to keep you all safe haunt me every night. Are you prepared to be haunted by the ghosts of the children & faculty for whom you are responsible?”

Wow! This took off. Ppl who want to see Brian Adatto, the Marine vet, can see him speak at min. 18.28 here: http://schoolboard.hcpswebcasts.com/  from 7/23/20 special session. Also here https://www.facebook.com/HillsboroughSch/videos/951547565330559/?extid=F1jtyL2zdLwmgZ4p.

His exact words were: "I'm a disabled combat veteran served in the United States Marine Corp. I came back from my last tour overseas in 2005. Every night since then, I get to see the faces that I was responsible for taking lives. That was a war & they were trying to kill me."

"This still haunts me today. What I want to know is, how are you going to sleep at night when the faces YOU get to see are those of a child or a teacher or educator or staff because you decided to send them back into a classroom before it was safe?"

"What services will you provide for these staff members, teachers, students who will suffer from PTSD due to your negligence in this hasty power-play to reopen?"