The Texas school killings have touched nearly everyone in the small town, from friends and neighbors to shopkeepers and coaches
he grief is visible on almost every corner in Uvalde, Texas: in the faces of the school-aged kids who are no longer in the classroom and the mournful messages written on the backs of vehicles: “Annabell Rodriguez, daddy missing u”.
There is more movement than ever in Uvalde, with large vigils and memorials to honor the dead and journalists from around the world on seemingly every street, but life here, residents say, feels almost motionless. The local Walmart was uncharacteristically empty after the shooting, Hill added, and local businesses closed early or shut down entirely. “That’s how close people in this community are. They are willing to drop everything to do what they can to help.”
PJ Talavera came to the memorial with his daughter and wife, and soon they were embracing grieving friends. “I’ve hugged no less than maybe 200 or 300 people in the last 24 hours,” he said. “One thing that I can tell you for sure, is there’s an enormous amount of of love.”Talavera, who runs a local martial arts studio, is familiar with many of the names on the crosses that line the fountain in the square – he mentored and taught several of them at an after-school program at Robb elementary.
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