UVALDE — Eli Torres looked forward to phone calls from his daughter after school. He...
People visit the Town Square, the site of a memorial for the victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, on Friday, May 27, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.UVALDE — Eli Torres looked forward to phone calls from his daughter after school. He listened to her laughter and taught her some softball fundamentals. He gave her his best advice: Stay positive and know that life is a blessing.
He spent Tuesday on the phone trying to find out something, anything. First, there was good news. One of his baby cousins made it out of the school. His dear friend from the neighborhood, a teacher, was safe, too.Meanwhile, as that afternoon progressed, camera crews flocked to town and set up shop at the town’s civic center. The day began there with residents casting votes in a town election.
As Uvalde has been thrust into the national spotlight, people tried to find quiet moments for grief amid a chaotic scene. On Friday afternoon, mourners stepped over TV cables and maneuvered around tents stocked with sunscreen and Gatorade for media crews. They reached a metal barrier in front of the school and passed flowers, basketballs and teddy bears to state troopers who placed the gifts at the memorial and snapped photos on cellphones.
Torres, too, remains in shock. It’s difficult for him to explain how he feels. He is still trying to accept what happened, to swallow that pill. His seems to have lost his voice even though he has not been yelling. He sleeps in short spurts but wakes up sweating, disturbed by nightmares so awful and ugly that he does not want to close his eyes.
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