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Remembering the young victims of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting

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Twenty-one crosses stand outside Robb Elementary School where a gunman committed a massacre². Each cross honors a life taken. NPR profiles some of the victims of Tuesday's mass shooting.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

Twenty-one white crosses, one to honor each of those killed in Uvalde, Texas, now stand in front of the elementary school where they lost their lives. Nineteen of the names on those crosses are children who were killed in a fourth-grade classroom.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Erika Escamilla's nieces and nephews survived the shooting at Robb Elementary. She spoke³ with Texas Public Radio about the children who did not.

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ERIKA ESCAMILLA: I just want to say sorry to the children (crying) because they're innocent, you know?

INSKEEP: We're learning more about the children and teachers who went to school Tuesday and never returned.

FADEL: Eliahna Garcia was 10 years old and the second oldest of five sisters. Her aunt, Siria Arizmendi, said Eliahna loved basketball.

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SIRIA ARIZMENDI: She was very happy and very outgoing, loved to dance and sing and play sports. She was big into family, enjoyed being with the family.

FADEL: On Tuesday night, the family waited for hours at the civic⁴ center. Close to midnight, Arizmendi told the Associated Press, they finally learned Eliahna was dead.

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ARIZMENDI: She was - (crying) she was very sweet.

INSKEEP: Uziyah Garcia was killed at the age of 10. His grandfather recalls the last time he saw his grandson, and they tossed a football. He said he was the sweetest little boy he'd ever known.

FADEL: Xavier Javier Lopez was looking forward to the summer. The 10-year-old's older cousin says he wanted to spend it in the pool. She says he was bubbly and loved to dance with his brothers and his mom.

INSKEEP: The morning of the shooting, Amerie Jo Garza received a certificate for making the honor roll. Her stepfather, Angel Garza, spoke with CNN.

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ANGEL GARZA: She was the sweetest little girl who did nothing wrong. (Crying) She listened to her mom and dad. She always brushed her teeth. She was creative. She made things for us. She never got in trouble in school. Like, I just want to know what she did to be a victim (crying).

FADEL: And some families are dealing⁵ with multiple losses. Jacklyn Cazares and her second cousin, Annabelle Rodriguez, were both killed. Jacklyn's father, Javier Cazares, says the house feels empty without her.

JAVIER CAZARES: She just was the person that would - she would give the - her shirt off her back, you know, type of person. She would do whatever she can. She would save her little money here and there and, you know, want to buy toys and, you know, give them away and stuff.

FADEL: Jailah Nicole Silguero and her cousin Layla Salazar both died in the shooting, too. Jailah's mother called Jailah her little sidekick in a post on Facebook. And Layla was a runner. Her dad says she won six races at the school's field day. And every morning, on the ride to school, the two of them would sing along to Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine."

INSKEEP: The stories of some of the children killed in a mass shooting on Tuesday in Texas, along with their teachers, Eva Mireles and Irma Garcia. After the shooting, Garcia's husband laid flowers at her cross at the school and then died of a heart attack.

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1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 civic   

adj.城市的，都市的，市民的，公民的

参考例句：

• I feel it is my civic duty to vote.我认为投票选举是我作为公民的义务。
• The civic leaders helped to forward the project.市政府领导者协助促进工程的进展。

5 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。