Does the tragedy come to your mind when you drive past its location?
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Is there a tragedy that occurred that you often drive by or see occasionally? Do you find yourself thinking about the tragedy as you drive by?
We’re a one car family and I needed the car today so I drove my husband to work. This route goes past the neighborhood the 15 yr old shooter lived in here in Madison. My thoughts immediately went to her. I saw the grocery store and convenience store she most likely went to. The park she probably played in. I wanted to cry. What went wrong to make her hate her life and everyone in it?
I often drive to Milwaukee and I drive past the woods known for the Slender Man attempted murder. It’s hard for me to not think about it when I drive by.
Is it common to think about these tragedies when you are near them?
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When I drive near the five points in Waukesha, or even downtown Waukesha in general, I always think of the Christmas parade. That 5 year old boy, especially. Always. I was about 20 minutes away at work, still remember being told over the headset (inaccurately, at first) what had happened. The customers who came in describing some of what they saw. The emergency alerts going off. It was very scary and just horrific.
Jackson Sparks was the child^^
^I forgot to mention that. I do think of it on my drive to Milwaukee. :(
It is ingrained in my memory and I was not even there.
On a seperate note, seeing your hometown on national news is so weird. Especially one not nearly as well known as Madison or Milwaukee. And then how public the trial was, seeing my favorite youtubers cover it. Random sidenote but adds to the memory. I think about it every year and those families. He made a mockery of the trial and in the process mocked those lives lost and their family. I am still in the Waukesha Strong Community facebook page, it is active just revamped a bit.
I will add another one, someone in my town went into a bar with a machete a few months back, I think about that when I eat there. The female bartender turned down his flirting and he came back in with a mask and a machete. He was the ex boyfriend of my former friends mother. Cut a guys arm really bad. I won’t give names just to be slightly anon.
^My husband brought up Dahmer and Milwaukee. The Ed Gein location isn’t far from me. Wisconsin is disturbing!
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