Jack Cormier is a creature of habit. Every morning he would wake up at 6 to start to get ready for work. By 6:30 he was showered and dressed. He got his brief case together and ate breakfast all before his departure time at 7. He makes it into work without a minute to spare. Every day he is in his office by 7:29. He was always awarded for being so prompt.

Jack was the editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Along with being the editor, he also covered a lot of the top stories from all across Ohio. His job allows him to travel all over the state. Thankfully it has never brought him back to Norwood. And he hoped it never would.

"Good morning Mr. Cormier! The preview for tomorrow's paper is on your desk. Printing will begin when you give the Ok to do so!" Jack's Cheerful secretary said as he walked up to her desk. "Thank you Alison." Jack said as he entered his office.

As the day went on, Jack supervised the printing progress and helped get all the papers ready for an early delivery for tomorrow morning.

It was now 3:00. Just one more hour before Jack could go home. As he was walking towards his office, he saw about 20 people standing around the radio. Some with tears in their eyes. Thinking it was another scare like 9/11 he proceeded over to the radio. He thought this would be another big story for him to cover. Maybe he would get an award like he did for his amazing coverage on 9/11. But he couldn't bear to hear what was being said. He too broke into tears.

Driving home was brutal for Jack. With no radio, the ride should have been silent. But it was far from that. His mind was racing. All he could think of was what he heard. "Norwood High School was the scene of a massive shooting, killing over 200 students and leaving 100 injured. Norwood is home for 500 students. Today, their safe school was turned into a scene from a horror movie. A scene that each student was having to live with. A scene that would haunt those who survived for the rest of their lives. More details on the shooting on the 6'O'clock news. Also, there will be a list of the students killed on the internet. Updates will be added hourly."

Jack's 2 daughters, Laurie and Aislyn went to that school. He hoped and prayed that they would be okay. He wished that if he called tonight, he would be able to hear both of their beautiful voices. But that was just a wish, and sometimes, they don't come true.

He pulled into his drive way and ran into his house. He had to wait for an hour and a half to hear all the details about what happened today. He checked his messages to see if Janette would have called him. Or even if Aislyn or Laurie called to tell him they're alright. Nothing. He picked up the receiver and started to dial their number. Nothing. No answer. Janette should be home by now. She was always home for the girls whenever they would come home from school. At least she tried to be. Sometimes work would hold her back, but Jack knew if one of her daughters were hurt they would have let her off.

He tried calling her cell phone. "This number has been disconnected. Sorry for the inconvenience" was all he heard. Janette must have changed numbers or get a new phone without telling him. He never even calls her on her cell, so why would she tell him?

He went over to his computer and realized he had no idea what the website was. Was it the radio stations website? School's website? News website? Whatever it was, it would be on the 6'O'clock news. He would just have to get his mind off of all this until then.

When 6'O'clock finally came around, Jack was just beginning to eat his dinner. He tuned into the news and saw the school.

"I'm standing here at the scene of the biggest school shooting in the state of Ohio. For every student of Norwood High School, when they woke up this morning they all thought they would be safely going home. They never believed that their school, especially being in such a small town, would have been a target for a massacre. According to Mr. McCabe, a geography and history teacher here at Norwood High School, the shooting started right at lunch. 11:15. We know for sure that the body count of the dead are 100 students. For such a small school, that is a large number. 200 students were all sent to hospital for injuries. Because Norwood hospital is so small, students had to be transported to other hospitals throughout Ohio. The deceased students were all taken to the morgue. The police got to the school just in time to arrest 6 men. 4 of the men all had all had a UZI gun which did the majority of the killing. One man was armed with a bomb. He was situated at the back of the school. The timer on the bomb was set to go off after 15 minutes. Luckily, it didn't go off. The last man was armed with a shot gun. The shot gun was the murder weapon of 4 grade 12 girls. All blonde with blue eyes. According to the principal who knew every grade 12 student, those four girls were the only ones with blonde hair and blue eyes. How the killer knew they were all grade 12 students is still a mystery. One that will hopefully be solved before his court date comes up. To find out all the deceased and injured, go to .com/Norwoodshooting/ . Names will be added as the days go by. Locations of what hospital the injured are it will be located beside each student's name. If you cannot find a name then that student or teacher is fine."

Oh god… Jack thought. Tears were now streaming down his face. Laurie was one of those blonde hair blue eyed students. He was sure of it. Even though he knew what the result would be, Jack went to that website and clicked "Deceased". All the names on the list were in alphabetical order. Their age was listed beside their name.

Aaron, Christa.16.

Abraham, Conor.17.

Abraham, Kyle.15.

Alister, Kodey .18.

Alton, Dane.14.

Anderson, Emilee.16.

Baker, Michael.18.

Bell, Lauren.16.

Bernier, Megan.17.

Berry, Kaitlin.14.

Blanc, Daniel.17.

Bradley, Jennica.15.

Cabrera, Jamie.15.

Caillat, Renée.17.

Campbell, Mat.16.

Cedar, Hannah.17.

Charbonneau, Jacquelyn.16.

Clément, Veronique.16.

Cormier, Laurie. 17.

Jack's suspicions were right. His oldest daughter was dead. As he read her name on the page, he felt his heart being ripped out of his chest. Like someone was slowly putting their hand through his skin, grabbing his heart then yanking it out. He was relieved when he saw Aislyn was not on that list. He scrolled down and on the webpage and saw Hayden Fletcher, Aislyn's boyfriend. Jack knew this would have torn apart his little girls heart.

He wasn't sure the status of Aislyn, but the fear of her being dead was out of the way. He figured she was ok. But just in case, he would checked the injured page. He went back to the home page of the website and clicked "injured".

Abner, Martin – Cheviot Memorial Hospital

Abrams, Jake – Cheviot Memorial Hospital.

Ackman, Billy – Cheviot Memorial Hospital.

Addison, Mari-Anne – Saint Martin Hôpital Mémorial.

Alan, Bethany – Milford County Hospital.

Albert, Scott - Milford County Hospital.

Alcott, Chase – Norwood Hospital for Sick Children.

Anderson, Chloe - Cheviot Memorial Hospital.

Appleton, Hillary - Cheviot Memorial Hospital.

Arlen, Morghan – Cheviot Memorial Hospital.

Asquith, Jon – Cheviot Memorial Hospital.

Ault, Chelsea – Norwood Hospital for Sick Children.

Badgely, Melanie – Norwood Hospital for Sick Children.

Bates, Nina – Norwood Hospital for Sick Children.

Baker, Miranda – Cincinnati General Hospital.

Baxter, Anna – Norwood Hospital for Sick Children

Beal, Marguerite – Cincinnati General Hospital.

Benoit, Justin - Saint Martin Hôpital Mémorial.

Bernard, Cory – Cheviot Memorial Hospital.

Bierman, Jeffery – Cincinnati General Hospital.

Blair, Harrison – Cincinnati General Hospital.

Blanchard, Jaye – Saint Martin Hôpital Mémorial.

Bolton, Troy – Cincinnati General Hospital.

Boucher, Arianna - Saint Martin Hôpital Mémorial.

Cadeau ,Cheyanne – Norwood Hospital for Sick Children.

Carter, Melinda – Norwood Hospital for Sick Children.

Chaffe, Megan – Norwood Hospital for Sick Children.

Château, Ariel - Saint Martin Hôpital Mémorial.

Chevrier, Mélanie - Saint Martin Hôpital Mémorial.

Child, Rick – Norwood Hospital for Sick Children.

Chippure, Matthew – Norwood Hospital for Sick Children.

Clancy, Andrew – Cincinnati General Hospital.

Clapp, Drew – Cincinnati General Hospital.

Cliff, Mitchell – Cincinnati General Hospital.

Cormier, Aislyn – Norwood Hospital for Sick Children.

Seeing his daughters name made his heart sink. He knew she was alive, but he had no idea how severe her injuries were. He knew at this moment that Janette and Aislyn needed him in Norwood at this moment.

The phone rang as he was exiting the web page. "Janette?" he said as he answered the phone.

"No. Its Mr. Brooks. Jack, we need you to fly down to Norwood to get the story about the shooting. If your article is good enough, New York Times is going to feature it. They have been looking at you since 9/11 and if you pull this off, you may have a job there. Sound good? Your plane leaves in one hour. Do you need hotel accommodations?" Mr. Brooks asked.

This took a couple of minutes for Jack to register.

"Cormier? Are you there?" Brooks asked.

"Yeah I'm here. I'll get my things together then go to the airport. And no sir, I have a place to stay."

"Very good. Call me when you land. Good luck."

The phone went dead. Jack was in shock. How was he going to be able to write an article about the men who killed his baby girl?

He got his bags together, got a cab then made his way to the airport. On his way there, he called Janette. He only get her answering machine. "Janette its me. Im writing a news article for the paper so I'm coming down. Im going to stay with you and Ais. Help out and all. Call me back. Love you."

Jack hung up his phone and made his way back to Norwood. Something he wished that wouldn't have had to happen under these circumstances.