Remembering Port Arthur: A Church’s Touching Tribute
On the 25th anniversary of the horrific attack, an Australian parish will hold a vigil to remember the 35 people who lost their lives.
At St Peter’s Eastern Hill Anglican Church in Melbourne today, the bell will toll 35 times, marking a tragedy that continues to haunt a nation.
Each bell toll will represent a person lost in the Port Arthur massacre.
Twenty-five years ago today, a local man with an intellectual disability went on an indiscriminate shooting spree at Tasmania’s Port Arthur Historic Site, killing 35 people, and injuring 23.
Among the dead was Melbourne schoolgirl Sarah Loughton, 15, whose mother, Carolyn, was shot in the shoulder and survived (she still suffers from her injury).