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Highland¹ Park community honors shooting victims at a vigil

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The city of Highland Park is held a candlelit vigil Wednesday night at city hall to honor the victims killed during the mass shooting at an Independence Day parade.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Hundreds of people attended a candlelight vigil last night in Highland Park, Ill. That is where a gunman killed seven people on Independence Day. Claudia Morell of member station WBEZ was there.

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CLAUDIA MORELL, BYLINE³: It wasn't the first vigil for the victims of the Independence Day parade shooting in this quiet suburb along the lakefront just north of Chicago. But it was the first program hosted by the city in a grassy⁴ field outside city hall, just blocks away from the small, picturesque⁵ downtown where the shooting took place.

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ISAAC SEROTTA: It will be a long time before we can walk these streets or in any town without looking to the rooftops for danger from above.

MORELL: That's local Rabbi Isaac Serotta addressing the crowd of families and individuals who came to pay their respects for the victims, the seven who were murdered, the dozens who were injured and the countless⁶ who are still traumatized by what they saw on what should have been a day of celebration.

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SEROTTA: It will be a long time before we can say the name Highland Park to someone who asks us where we come from without hearing their saddened knowing, oh, the way we do when we hear names like Columbine and Newtown.

MORELL: Mayor Nancy Rotering read out the names of the dead. She called the killer⁸ a hateful and cowardly individual and said the weapon he used, an assault rifle, must be banned nationally.

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NANCY ROTERING: The trauma⁷ of gun violence doesn't end when the shooting stops.

MORELL: Isaac Schneider (ph) was among those in the crowd. He says he flew in from Boston just because he felt a sense of obligation to be back home.

ISAAC SCHNEIDER: I think my very close connection with two of the victims. I also, you know, went to high school with the shooter. And it felt weird⁹. I felt guilty not being here when it happened.

MORELL: But Shruti Parekh was there. She says she and her two young kids were actually walking in the parade when it happened.

SHRUTI PAREKH: And we heard a couple pops and thought that was just part of the parade. Then we saw people running. And someone said, active shooter. Honestly, I froze because I was like, oh, there's not an active shooter in Highland Park.

MORELL: She recalls running with the kids away from the main streets and eventually sheltering at a friend's house while the manhunt for the shooter ensued. She says the vigil is part of the healing process.

PAREKH: It's really nice to see all these people here. The sense of community is really strong. And I think it's important that people have a place to come together and to heal in their own way.

MORELL: When I asked her if it's been hard talking about what happened with her young kids - they're barely elementary school age - she said they were actually less surprised than she and her husband due to all the active shooting drills at their school.

For NPR News, I'm Claudia Morell in Chicago.

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1 highland   

n.(pl.)高地，山地

参考例句：

• The highland game is part of Scotland's cultural heritage.苏格兰高地游戏是苏格兰文化遗产的一部分。
• The highland forests where few hunters venture have long been the bear's sanctuary.这片只有少数猎人涉险的高山森林，一直都是黑熊的避难所。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 grassy   

adj.盖满草的；长满草的

参考例句：

• They sat and had their lunch on a grassy hillside.他们坐在长满草的山坡上吃午饭。
• Cattle move freely across the grassy plain.牛群自由自在地走过草原。

5 picturesque   

adj.美丽如画的，（语言）生动的，绘声绘色的

参考例句：

• You can see the picturesque shores beside the river.在河边你可以看到景色如画的两岸。
• That was a picturesque phrase.那是一个形象化的说法。

6 countless   

adj.无数的，多得不计其数的

参考例句：

• In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
• I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。

7 trauma   

n.外伤，精神创伤

参考例句：

• Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
• The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。

8 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

9 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。