it s graduation season here. there are big photos of local graduates, on local science outside of city hall, outside of businesses. driving down main street in uvalde, texas, you wouldn t know something so terrible s happened just blocks away. two blocks away, life looks as a normally does. but something terrible did happen here. this community, this small community lost 21 of its people right here at this school, everything has changed forever, this will never be a normal spot again. this school, this town, becomes yet another name on a list that no one wants to be on. tonight, a vigil here in uvalde, texas is underway, it s paying tribute to yesterday s victims we will have much more throughout the show tonight, about the victims, the people who lost their lives. 19 children, and to teachers it s robb elementary, we re still learning the identity of some of the children who were killed. they were eight, nine, ten years old. all of them in the same fourth grade classroom, mu
two blocks away, life looks as it normally does. but something terrible did happen here. this community, this small community lost 21 of its people right here at this school, everything has changed forever, this will never be a normal spot again. this school, this town, becomes yet another name on a list that no one wants to be on. tonight, a vigil here in uvalde, texas is underway, it s paying tribute to yesterday s victims we will have much more throughout the show tonight, about the victims, the people who lost their lives. 19 children, and two teachers at robb elementary, we re still learning the identity of some of the children who were killed. they were eight, nine, ten years old. all of them in the same fourth grade classroom, murdered with their teachers. let me bring you up to speed with what we know at this point about how this massacre unfolded, as well as some of the things that we don t yet now. this is the series of events laid out for us by texas law enforcemen
the reason you re here, and this wasn t planned, but you, like those people who are over there, you went in remembrance, who did you know here? well, i worked with miss garcia. but, prior to her working here in uvalde, she worked 20 miles from here, she was my sons teacher. and my son had a hard time going to school, so she would buy him happy meals, and take him happy meals, and he would have lunch with her at school, she didn t do this for all the kids she did it for my son she would take him donuts and snacks, because he was just having a hard time, and she was just amazing with him. he just loved her so much, and she loved him so much. i don t doubt one bit that she stood right there in front of the government and said, you are not taking my kids, you re not gonna hurt my kids, because that s the type of person that she was. she was just amazing, and i just can t believe this. i m sorry for your loss.
wasn t planned, but you are like those people who are over there, you wept in remembrance, who did you know here? well, i worked with miss garcia. but, prior to her working here in uvalde, she worked 20 miles from here, she was my sons teacher. and my son had a hard time going to school, so she would buy him happy meals, and take him happy meals, and he would have lunch with her school, she didn t do this for all the kids she did it for my son she would take him donuts and snacks, because he was just having a hard time, and she was just amazing with him. he just loved her so much, and she loved him so much. i don t doubt one bit that she stood right there in front of the government and said, you are not taking my kids, you re not gonna hurt my kids, because that s the type of person that she was. she was just amazing, and i