I believe the recent disaster evoked such an emotional response in our nation because the victims were children. Children are often thought of as the most innocent form of human beings. Defenseless, they were taken from this earth. All of us know and love children in our families and therefore, many of us can relate to the families of Newport. We can imagine the pain caused by losing such an important little part of one’s life.
The story is so painful and relatable that many of us feel we are called to action. Every morning on my drive to school, I hear people call into the radios asking how they can help. I think it took such a horrendous act such as killing children for our nation to realize the extensive harm of violence.
As a society, I think it is highly important that we do not evoke fear in other children. School should be a safe place, not a scary one. To prevent other crimes like the Newtown shooting, I believe the key factor is recognizing mental illness before a mentally ill person causes others harm. We need to promote organizations and rehabilitation centers that help those who are mentally ill and get help for our loved ones who are “not acting them selves.” I heard on a news station that Adam’s mom told a friend the week prior that she had begun feeling as if she was “loosing her son.” Imagine how different Friday could have been if Adam’s mom had taken action after noticing her son was acting differently. CST calls us to help our poor and vulnerable. Those who are sick from a mental illness are suffering psychologically and need support from those in their lives. I believe a movement to treat mental illnesses, as well as being there for those in our family during the hard times, may prevent any other horrendous acts such as the Newtown shooting from happening in the future.
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