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Jill Biden to attend Nashville shooting vigil Wednesday
(CNN) — First lady Dr. Jill Biden will travel to Nashville, Tennessee, later Wednesday to attend a vigil honoring the lives lost in the mass shooting at The Covenant School, the White House announced.
“Following her visit to Ohio today to meet with military families, the First Lady will travel to Nashville, Tennessee to join a candlelight vigil to honor and mourn the lives of the victims of The Covenant School shooting,” Biden spokesperson Vanessa Valdivia said in a tweet.
The first lady’s visit will mark the first in-person overture from the White House to the grieving community. It holds additional significance given Dr. Biden’s lifelong work as an educator.
“Join us for a citywide candle vigil to mourn and honor the precious lives lost at The Covenant School,” a flier for the Wednesday evening event reads.
Hours after the school shooting took place, the first lady said, “I am truly without words, and our children deserve better. And we stand, all of us, we stand with Nashville in prayer.”
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden said the White House was working through what kind of visit “helps the most.” President Biden has spoken with local officials, including Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Nashville Mayor John Cooper, Tennessee Sen. Bill Hagerty, and Nashville Police Chief John Drake. The president also spoke with the two officers who charged into the school and killed the shooter — Metro Police Officers Michael Collazo and Rex Engelbert.
The first lady has traveled to the sites of mass shootings in the past, including meeting with families who lost children in the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last May. She has also reflected on what teachers and students endure at a time when active shooter training has become standard practice in many schools.
“As a teacher, I’ve imagined that scene in my own classroom, again and again,” Dr. Biden said last year at the National Parent Teachers Association’s 125th Anniversary Convention. “At the start of each semester, I’m sure all of you in here who are teachers do this, you explain to your students on the first day a path, a pathway, to get out if a shooter comes into the school so that they’re prepared.”
“I explain it to my students because, you know, they need to know what they should do if the worst happens,” she said.
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By: Pristine Villarreal
March 29, 2023
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