Kate Thayer, Author at Valley News

York H.S. journalism students from, left, Grace Moriarty, Cece Lampa, and Holly Kauck, research and discuss ideas at York H.S. in Elmhurst, Ill., Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, as they participate in a national project to mark the anniversary of the Parkland shooting, in which they write obituaries for children who have died in the past year due to gun violence. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

’Nobody is safe’: Teens write obituaries to memorialize children killed by guns since Parkland

by Kate Thayer Chicago TribuneFebruary 13, 2019

Some hadn’t yet celebrated their first birthday; others were on the cusp of adulthood. Some died by accident; others were killed by someone they knew; still others were murdered by a stranger as they stood in the wrong place at the wrong time. All…

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