Makeshift shrines offer solace

"May we all heal together," said one message, penned in marker on cardboard. "I hope you feel better, Gabby," said another in a child's purple handwriting, tucked under the arms of a pink teddy bear. Down the road at [Gabrielle Giffords]' Tucson district office, Chad Ha...

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Published inGannett News Service
Main Author Gillum, Jack
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published McLean USA Today, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc 16.01.2011
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Giffords, Gabrielle
Gillum, Jack
TUCSON
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Summary:"May we all heal together," said one message, penned in marker on cardboard. "I hope you feel better, Gabby," said another in a child's purple handwriting, tucked under the arms of a pink teddy bear. Down the road at [Gabrielle Giffords]' Tucson district office, Chad Hahn was carefully walking his 4-year-old daughter, Carley, around a maze of rosaries and roses. "She won't remember today, maybe," said Hahn, 45, "but in the future she'll see that words have consequences." Carley watched as Sue Whiteside, 69, placed six sunflowers on a spot between the bus stop and the mesquite tree. "It's an example of how we won't pay attention to people crying out," she said, referring to the suspected shooter's history that experts said were signs of mental illness.