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“I don’t think this is even a political issue anymore. This is about securing our community and making sure that we don’t have orphaned kids—2-year-olds—as a result of celebrating at a function like the Fourth of July,” said Lonnie Nasatir, president of the Jewish United Fund.
Typically the sidewalk crowds are five rows deep at Highland Park's Fourth of July Parade -- it's that beloved. But a longtime tradition quickly turned into a national tragedy. Here's how it unfolded.
Resident David Goldenberg was at the parade in the morning before the attack took place.
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Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.), and New York City Councilwoman Carlina Rivera (D-Manhattan) and others denounced the bloodshed in Highland Park that killed six people and wounded more than 25.
And then she was marching in the parade here yesterday. david, thank you for being with us. i'm glad you and your family are safe. be well. >> thank you for being here. >> again, boris, what is interesting to see is as people come back here, to the main area here, really getting a sense of the situation, getting a sense of the horror and coming to terms with their own feelings about what happened. now, there were other shootings across the country within the last 24 hours. two police officers shot in philadelphia before the fireworks started there. jean casarez covering that. what have you lea...