‘My nephew was killed by a crazy man’:
Devastated relatives of children killed in Texas elementary school
massacre describe their horror as first young victims of gunman are
identified as two boys and four girls
Six students have been identified among the 19 children pic.twitter.com/5VxnXyovJc
— MassiVeMaC (@SchengenStory)
May 25, 2022
昨天（24）德州西南部洛伯小學（Robb Elementary
School）驚傳槍擊事件，年僅18歲槍手棄車後帶著手槍進入校園，從一間教室走到另一間，朝21名師生大開殺戒，其中一名罹難者還是多次入選“年度教師”的厄瑪·加西亞（Irma
Garcia）。據了解，表訂再過2天就要迎來暑假，為本學期劃下句點，遺憾卻造成孩童內心揮之不去的陰影。
根據《每日郵報》(Daily Mail Online)報導，案發地點位於德州人口第二大城聖安東尼奧市（San
Antonio）以西約130公裏，釀成21死，包括19名孩童與2名師長，堪稱是近十年來最致命的校園槍擊事件。報導指出，洛伯小學再過2天就要迎接學生期待已久的暑假，特別的是，學校每天都會設計一個主題，昨天禮拜二則是“無拘無束”（footloose
and fancy），所有小朋友都穿著相當有特色的鞋子來上學。
其中，不幸殉職的40多歲教師厄瑪·加西亞（Irma
Garcia），據悉正當槍手對著教室裡的孩子開火時，她犧牲自己英勇向前擋住子彈才因此喪命。她的家人悲慟表示，“厄瑪犧牲自己保護了孩子，雖然她沒有成功，但英雄之姿卻永遠留存我們心中，希望大家為她祈禱。”
厄瑪從事教職生涯已長達23年，一直以來深受許多人的愛戴，本身也是一名4個孩子的母親，對於孩子特別有一套，還曾於2018-2019年兩度入圍“年度教師選拔”。
My tia did not make it, she sacrificed
herself protecting the kids in her classroom, i beg of you to keep
my family including all of her family in y’all’s prayers , IRMA
GARCIA IS HER NAME and she died a HERO. she was loved by many and
will truly be missed. pic.twitter.com/2XpdJA0q8x
— john martinez (@fuhknjo)
May 25, 2022
此外，同樣命喪此次槍擊案的另一名43歲教師伊娃·米雷萊斯（Eva
Mireles），曾接過雙語、特教兩項領域培訓，對於教學有極大的熱誠與想法，也是位人人尊敬的優秀老師。伊娃的表妹說道，“我的心已經碎成成千上萬的瓦礫，如此美麗的靈魂，這天對我們所有人來說都是世界末日…”
My daughter’s beautiful teacher was the
teacher who was killed in Uvalde, TX. Eva (Ms Mireles) taught Gabby
in elementary school. She was a beautiful person & dedicated
teacher. She believed in Gabby & went above & beyond to teach her
as you can see below. There are no words. pic.twitter.com/qMlVoVEUrY
— Audrey (@audreymg0928)
May 24, 2022