Shooting in Texas: the funeral has begun for the 21 victims killed in a school in Uvalde

A week after an 18-year-old began shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, United States, the first of the funeral corresponding to 21 victims who left the massacre. This is how more than a hundred people fired Amerie Jo Garza, a ten-year-old girl who was in fourth grade, on Tuesday afternoon.

A few hours later, vigils were also held for three other children, Maite Yuleana Rodríguez, Nevaeh Bravo and Jose Flores Jr.., and one of the two murdered teachers, Irma Garcia, 48 years old. Meanwhile, the remaining 16 funerals are already scheduled within the next two and a half weeks.

Layla Salazar, 11, will be the last to be veiled on June 15, while her funeral will take place the next day. “I understand there were other children too, but we are still waiting for the body to be delivered to us,” said her father, Vicent.

Prior to each of these ceremonies, the bodies of the 21 victims were sent to the coroner’s office in San Antonio for examination. necropsyaccording to Uvalde County Justice of the Peace Eulalio “Lalo” Diaz Jr.

given that insufficient space in the two local funeral homesmany of the bodies were sent to other nearby towns until their burial date approaches.

Personalized coffins to greet the victims

Trey Ganem. It is the name of the person in charge of personalizing the coffins of the children murdered by Salvador Ramos in an elementary school of UvaldeTexas, May 24.

Ganem, 50, worked until he could no longer design with his son Billy one by one 19 coffins of the 21 victims of the massacre. The day after the tragedy, the producers spoke to the parents of the children who lost their lives in Texas learn more about the tastes of their children and thus be able to design the coffins according to each of them.

Although his company SoulShine Industries typically charges between $ 3,400 and $ 3,800 for each job, the Ganem did not allow anyone to give them a dollar. And not only that: they took care of the complicated logistics themselves.

The demands made on them had to do with the preferences of the children. Those who haven’t been commissioned anything specific have decided how to personalize them.

Eliahna’s mother, one of the victims, told them about the things that made her daughter happy and, based on her story, they determined that the girl’s coffin would be decorated with a design of flames, the TikTok logo and a hint. of neon yellow slime, symbolizing the girl’s passion for softball.

“We are here to try to make a difficult time a little easier. There’s really nothing we can do to make it easier, but that’s our goal: to help families and start their pain and healing and try to do something special for them, ”Ganem said.

With AP information

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