I have spent the day in tears because of what has happened. To hear the first named fatality was a huge Once fan, and that it happened so close, and that she went to the same college as my sister it was just too much. I wanted to somehow honour her in my writing, her and the 21 others who lost their lives. Currently, I don't know how. I don't know if she was a SQ fan, or who was her favourite character, because I don't know her. However, my heart aches because we loved the same show, idolised the same people, and she, nor anyone, deserved this. I wanted to write, because otherwise I would wallow, yet what I do know, is that every time I update this story, watch Once, or write another story, I will remember her, and the others. Georgina Callander, you will always be deeply missed, not just by the fandom, but the cast of the show that remember meeting you. You made such a big impact on them, and we will always remember you.
I am deeply shocked and horrified that the perpetrator was only a year older than myself, but was a student in this city. I think disgusted may even be the right word. Not in anyone else but him and whoever else is taking responsibility for this atrocity.
However, I will not post his name. We will not remember his name. We will remember the bright stars that were taken from this world too soon.
Georgina Callander - 18.
Saffie-Rose Roussos - 8.
John Atkinson - 26.
Kelly Brewster - 32.
Olivia Campbell - 15.
Alison Howe - 45.
Lisa Lees - 47.
Angelika Klis - 40.
Marcin Klis - 42.
Martyn Hett - 29.
Nell Jones - 14.
Jane Tweddle-Taylor - 50.
Michelle Kiss - 45.
Chloe Rutherford - 17.
Liam Curry - 19.
Sorrell Leczkowski - 14.
Megan Hurley - 15.
Courtney Boyle - 19.
Phillip Tron - 32.
Eilidh MacLeod - 14.
Elaine McIver.
Wendy Fawell - 50.
RIP
I will keep this post as part of the story so that people may see, if they read, that we will not let this divide us. We are one world, one people. They will not win.
