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My @elpasotimes colleagues put together a series on the first anniversary of the Aug. 3 mass shooting that killed 23 people.
@laurenvillagran and @LambieMark traveled to Chihuahua City to speak with survivor Mario De Alba, who remains hospitalized. 1/ https://www.elpasotimes.com/in-depth/news/2020/07/30/el-paso-mass-shooting-victims-anniversary-mexican-family-survived-hardships/5452336002/
@laurenvillagran and @LambieMark traveled to Chihuahua City to speak with survivor Mario De Alba, who remains hospitalized. 1/ https://www.elpasotimes.com/in-depth/news/2020/07/30/el-paso-mass-shooting-victims-anniversary-mexican-family-survived-hardships/5452336002/
"... it wasn't just us and my brother's family. So many families were torn apart" by the massacre, Cristina De Alba said. 2/ https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2020/07/31/mexican-family-still-struggling-year-after-el-paso-walmart-shooting/5555063002/
"We all have to forgive," said Yolanda Tinajero, whose brother Arturo Benavides was killed. "No matter how hard it is. My brother wouldn't want us to carry ugly feelings."
That forgiveness shouldn't come at the expense of justice, she said. 3/ https://www.elpasotimes.com/in-depth/news/2020/07/29/el-paso-mass-shooting-anniversary-victims-one-year-later-mourn/5457527002/
That forgiveness shouldn't come at the expense of justice, she said. 3/ https://www.elpasotimes.com/in-depth/news/2020/07/29/el-paso-mass-shooting-anniversary-victims-one-year-later-mourn/5457527002/
In the year since Aug. 3, the El Paso County District Attorney's Office has approved 16 U-visa requests from Mexican nationals who survived the attack and want to assist with the criminal investigation, @laurenvillagran reports. 4/ https://www.elpasotimes.com/in-depth/news/2020/07/29/mexican-victims-el-paso-walmart-mass-shooting-seek-special-u-visas/5445762002/
The April death of Memo Garcia, the 23rd victim, "knocked the girls, the parents, us coaches, it knocked us back a couple of steps," EP Fusion soccer coach Benny McGuire told @Bretbloomquist.
But the girls remain resilient, McGuire said. 5/ https://www.elpasotimes.com/in-depth/sports/soccer/2020/07/29/el-paso-shooting-walmart-ep-fusion-girls-soccer-cope-trauma-attack/5480633002/
But the girls remain resilient, McGuire said. 5/ https://www.elpasotimes.com/in-depth/sports/soccer/2020/07/29/el-paso-shooting-walmart-ep-fusion-girls-soccer-cope-trauma-attack/5480633002/
“We’ve seen people reach out, getting help and supporting each other — a sign of a community that is healing," Dr. Marcelo Rodriguez-Chevres, a psychiatrist and chief medical officer for @EmergenceHealth told @BorundaDaniel. 6/ https://www.elpasotimes.com/in-depth/news/local/el-paso/2020/07/29/el-paso-mass-shooting-victims-physical-emotional-damage-last-lifetime/2116282001/
Emergency call taker Bernadette Falcon relived what it was like answering the first 911 call of an active shooter at Walmart.
That caller "chose to call, chose to stay on the line, she made a difference," Falcon told @vamartinez10. 7/ https://www.elpasotimes.com/in-depth/news/2020/07/30/el-paso-walmart-mass-shooting-911-dispatchers-recall-august-3/5480660002/
That caller "chose to call, chose to stay on the line, she made a difference," Falcon told @vamartinez10. 7/ https://www.elpasotimes.com/in-depth/news/2020/07/30/el-paso-walmart-mass-shooting-911-dispatchers-recall-august-3/5480660002/
After Bernadette Falcon's shift she still wanted to help and tried to donate blood.
"But, El Paso, they beat me to it. The centers were so full they turned me away. I was thankful for that turnout, thankful for that comradeship." 8/ https://www.elpasotimes.com/videos/news/2020/07/30/el-paso-walmart-mass-shooting-911-dispatcher-bernardette-falcon-took-first-call/5523331002/
"But, El Paso, they beat me to it. The centers were so full they turned me away. I was thankful for that turnout, thankful for that comradeship." 8/ https://www.elpasotimes.com/videos/news/2020/07/30/el-paso-walmart-mass-shooting-911-dispatcher-bernardette-falcon-took-first-call/5523331002/
I spoke with @EPMuseumofHist staff caring for the items left at the makeshift memorial.
"When I get really sad when I'm doing the work, I have to remind myself, 'this is beautiful, this is someone's expression of love too,'" curator Erica Marin said. 9/ https://www.elpasotimes.com/in-depth/news/2020/07/29/el-paso-walmart-shooting-victims-memorial-exhibit-history-museum/5447419002/
"When I get really sad when I'm doing the work, I have to remind myself, 'this is beautiful, this is someone's expression of love too,'" curator Erica Marin said. 9/ https://www.elpasotimes.com/in-depth/news/2020/07/29/el-paso-walmart-shooting-victims-memorial-exhibit-history-museum/5447419002/
. @brie_san11 took us inside "Resilience," @EPMuseumofHist's new exhibit memorializing the Aug. 3 massacre and the unity that followed it. 10/ https://www.elpasotimes.com/picture-gallery/news/2020/07/30/el-paso-walmart-shooting-memorial-exhibit-history-museum/5507683002/
. @vickolenc spoke to Gilbert Serna, a Walmart employee who helped customers to safety. Serna's 4-year-old daughter calls him "the Walmart hero of the Walmart shooting."
"I wish I wasn’t a hero, I wish this tragedy never happened," Serna said. 11/ https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2020/07/31/el-paso-shooting-hero-walmart-employee-one-year-later-anxiety/5502921002/
"I wish I wasn’t a hero, I wish this tragedy never happened," Serna said. 11/ https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2020/07/31/el-paso-shooting-hero-walmart-employee-one-year-later-anxiety/5502921002/
. @EllyDearman spoke to El Pasoans who say the U.S. still has a long way to go in addressing the racism and hatred that fueled the Aug. 3 massacre, the worst attack against Latinos in recent U.S. history. 12/ https://www.elpasotimes.com/in-depth/news/2020/07/30/el-paso-walmart-shooting-community-reflect-racist-motive-behind-attack/5450331002/
. @RodriguezCodell, who tirelessly edited these stories, also put together readers' memories of Aug. 3, which we'll continue collecting. 13/ https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2020/07/31/el-paso-walmart-shooting-reflecting-attack-one-year-later/5537670002/
More Aug. 3 anniversary coverage will be published on the @elpasotimes website in the coming days. I hope you'll spend some time with these stories, and those produced by other outlets, this weekend and next week. #ElPasoStrong https://www.elpasotimes.com/in-depth/news/2020/07/29/el-paso-shooting-victims-timeline-walmart-gun-violence-texas/5475951002/
