Another Elementary School Massacre

The Daily

The New York Times

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4.5 • 97.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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This episode covers incidents of mass violence. At least 21 people, including 19 children, were killed when a gunman opened fire at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday morning. It was the deadliest school shooting in the United States since the 2012 attack on the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. For some of the Sandy Hook parents, news of yet another school massacre provoked a chilling sense of numbness. Guest: Elizabeth Williamson, a feature writer for The New York Times and the author of a book on the aftermath of Sandy Hook.

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0:36.2	From New York Times, I'm Michael Bobaro.
0:39.6	This is the Daily.
0:42.8	We come on the air tonight after a massacre at an elementary school in Yovaldi, Texas.
0:48.6	On Tuesday morning, a gunman opened fire at the Rob Elementary School in Yovaldi, Texas.
0:55.6	This was supposed to be just two days before school got out.
0:58.7	This is supposed to be a joyous time right now.
1:00.5	We should be here in kids laughing.
1:02.5	Right now, instead, we're seeing law enforcement swarming over the campus.
1:06.4	Killing at least 21 people, including 19 children.
1:12.3	It's been more than 10 hours since this tragedy unfolded and parents tonight are still trying
1:20.0	to figure out what is happening with their children.
1:25.3	I'm sorry.
1:26.3	Yeah, I'm looking for my daughter.
1:29.7	After shooting it, they don't know where she's at.
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