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Parents remember a son killed ten years ago at a movie theater mass shooting

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Two parents remember their son who was killed in a mass shooting in a movie theater in Aurora², Colorado ten years ago.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Time now for StoryCorps. Next week marks 10 years since a gunman murdered 12 people in a packed movie theater in Aurora, Colo. One of the victims was Alex Sullivan. He was celebrating his 27th birthday that night. On the fifth anniversary of the shooting, Alex's parents, Tom and Terry Sullivan, came to StoryCorps.

TOM SULLIVAN: I remember when I called my mom and I told her, there's been a shooting and Alex was in the theater, that was the first time I ever heard her cry. The day he was born, I told her from the hospital that she had a grandson. And then 27 years to the day, I had to call her again and tell her that her grandson had been murdered. You know, when the theater reopened, we were there.

TERRY SULLIVAN: I knew you had to go, and especially on his birthday.

TOM SULLIVAN: I remember saying, we're going to celebrate Alex's birthday the way that we always have. So we'll go and sit in Alex's seat that he was murdered in, you know, Row 12, Seat 12. That's where he was. And that's where we will always be.

MARTIN: A few days ago, the Sullivans came back to StoryCorps. They still mark Alex's birthday by sitting in Row 12, Seat 12 in the Century Aurora Theater.

TOM SULLIVAN: One time, I walked in. And there were three, you know, kids sitting in those seats. So I sat in the row in front of them. And about five minutes later, the three of them just got up.

TERRY SULLIVAN: It was almost like he gave a little nudge.

TOM SULLIVAN: Yeah, like, hey, guys, my dad's here. You've got to move. And so he's in the important places to us. How do you want Alex to be remembered?

TERRY SULLIVAN: I think you're doing a pretty good job now not letting people forget not just Alex, but every person that has been murdered.

TOM SULLIVAN: The least I can do in each of these kinds of situations is read their names. We should know what they meant to their family and their communities. I still do kind of struggle. More people are dying by gun violence than they were 10 years ago. I have to suppress³ the utter anger that I have because all I can think about is how Molly, our granddaughter, is never going to know her uncle, Alex. But at the end of the night, we have to be hopeful because if you don't have dreams, you have nothing but nightmares⁴.

(SOUNDBITE OF ENDING SATELLITES' "WE'RE FROM NEAR AND FAR")

MARTIN: Tom and Terry Sullivan in Centennial, Colo., remembering their son, Alex. Their conversation will be archived at the Library of Congress.

(SOUNDBITE OF ENDING SATELLITES' "WE'RE FROM NEAR AND FAR")

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 aurora   

n.极光

参考例句：

• The aurora is one of nature's most awesome spectacles.极光是自然界最可畏的奇观之一。
• Over the polar regions we should see aurora.在极地高空,我们会看到极光。

3 suppress   

vt.压制，镇压，查禁，抑制，阻止

参考例句：

• He continued to suppress the people and serve the imperialists.他继续镇压人民，为帝国主义效劳。
• She was struggling to suppress her sobs.她拼命不让自己哭出来。

4 nightmares   

n.噩梦( nightmare的名词复数 )；可怕的事情，无法摆脱的恐惧

参考例句：

• He still has nightmares about the accident. 他仍然做噩梦梦见这场事故。
• Art thou not afraid of nightmares and hideous dreams?\" 你难道不怕睡魇和凶梦吗？” 来自英汉文学 - 红字