http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-06-30-detroit_N.htm
Tuesday in Detroit, a group of students were waiting at a bus stop 15 minutes after they had been let out of summer school. A group of masked gunmen in a green minivan pulled up and opened fire on the students. The teenagers, four boys and three girls, range in age from 14 to 17 years old. Three of the teens were in critical condition. Two women who saw what happened got out of their car to help.
“Imam Abdullah El-Amin, who co-owns the Numan Funeral Home near the intersection where the shooting took place, said drug-dealing, prostitution and ‘hopelessness’ are common in the area.”
I found this story to not be very surprising. It’s really terrible that stories like this seem so common now. I wasn’t surprised at all when I saw this headline on the USA Today website.
There is really nothing that any innocent students can do to try and prevent this from happening either, especially if “drug-dealing, prostitution, and hopelessness.” It’s terrible that teenagers can’t even stand at a bus stop without worrying that something like this may happen to them.
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I agree with your comment on this article. That is such a sad description of the area. "Drug-dealing, prostitution, and hopelessness." I definitely feel for the people on both sides of the story. The families of those kids and even the people that killed them. They must be really having it hard if they feel like they have to kill innocent kids at a bus stop. This article reminds me how blessed I am.
ReplyDeleteGood Job paraphrasing and commenting.