smile when they see them, or we ll see people cry reporter: children handed stuffed animals, giving them something to cling to and crosses for the deceased were placed in the town square and in front of the elementary school giving mourners a place for prayer in both locations an older woman caught our attention out of her wheelchair praying in front of the cross placed for layla salazar in the town square. she wrote a note, her words, i will always love you, my beautiful granddaughter, grandma. people here and around the country tonight taking care of themselves and each other. i m lester holt. that s nightly news for this thursday. thank you for watching good night
and i hope you know that so many of us, not just us who are here with you right now in your yard, but around this country and around the world are thinking of you. does that give you strength? it helps. it helps. it helps to know that so many people care. yes. reporter: a makeshift memorial has been set up in downtown uvalde. uvalde is a small city, only about 16,000 people, surrounding county has 26,000 people, but so many people are coming here to pay their respects partly because lots of the people who are showing up are from other parts of texas and from out of state. 21 crosses for each of the victims with their names on top and with hearts on the crosses where people are writing things. this is the little girl we just did the story on, leyla salazar, flowers, stuffed animals an poignant messages like this one, i will always love you. rest in peace. my beautiful granddaughter. here from a classmate, you are so pretty. one of the visitors who came here a short time ago,
granddaughter s cross and here s what she wrote, victor and alison. she wrote, quote, i will always love you, my beautiful granddaughter. victor, alison. rosa flores there for us in uvalde with more of the stories of these 21 victims. thank you. students from robb elementary are dealing with unimaginable trauma. how do they heal? how does the community move forward, especially when we re hearing things like this? because i don t want anything to do with another shooting. are you scared it might happen again? uh-huh. and i know it might happen again. you become. such amazingngly perfect shapes run throughout the natural world. and can n now be found in the automotive one. the world s most aerodynamic production vehicle.
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