Dawson Shooting Tragedy
Standing outside the emergency room of the Montreal General in the drizzle yesterday afternoon, I quickly scribbled a few paragraphs and filed the following to the Toronto Star newsroom at approximately 4 p.m. via my cell phone:
In today's Star story by Rosie DiManno:
Our heartfelt condolences to Anastasia's family, and to the families of all other victims. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
The panicked aunt of one 18-year-old victim arrived at the emergency room of the Montreal General Hospital, pleading for help from the media in finding her niece, Anastasia DeSousa.
"She was put in an ambulance, now she can't be found," said Natalia Hevey.
She said friends and family had checked with at least five local hospitals, to no avail.
Hevey said her mother saw her niece being loaded on to an ambulance on TV, reportedly with shots to her arm.
"That was the last we saw of her."
In today's Star story by Rosie DiManno:
The slain woman was identified as Anastacia DeSousa, 22.
Earlier in the day, DeSousa's panicked aunt arrived at the emergency department of Montreal General Hospital, pleading for help from the media in finding her niece, a first-year student at Dawson.
"She was put in an ambulance, now she can't be found," said Natalia Hevey.
She said her mother saw her niece being loaded on an ambulance on television, reportedly having been shot in the arm.
"That's the last we saw of her."
Our heartfelt condolences to Anastasia's family, and to the families of all other victims. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
posted by Sikander at 10:31 AM
2 Comments:
Good work Sikander.
I know we've still never met, but it was cool to share a "with files from" tag with you.
Sorry I didn't pick up the phone when you called with your copy. I was in the middle of an interview.
Too bad they didn't pick up on the fact that you'd had the age right all along...
JS
Thanks for the support, J. No worries about not picking up; I just thought the AE misdirected the call.
It was an interesting experience, to say the least. Actually, it felt sorta weird to be getting directions from an assignment desk in another city while being in my own city.
I wonder: is this the first time that former and current Concordites have shared a "with files from" tag at the bottom of a Star story?
That is pretty cool.
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