mourning, beset by grief after the massacre that left 19 children and 2 teachers dead at an elementary school. amid the devastation we re also seeing an outpouring of support for the community. on saturday, you see them there, a long line of mourners waited to lay flowers at a memorial site that was set up outside the robb elementary school. 21 empty chairs placed outside a local business. one, of course, for each life lost during tuesday s deadly rampage. as the community and the nation reel from yet another mass shooting, outrage is growing over why a group of law enforcement officers waited so long to rush the gunman. cnn s adrienne broaddus is in uvalde with the latest. reporter: we have seen a mix of emotions. anger, frustration, and disappointment after that 911 call timeline became more clear. but folks have wrapped their arms around the folks of uvalde and its community. i ve seen lines like this. if you take a look, folks waiting to purchase concert tickets or rece
Additionally, his son later in life, beau biden, who passed away from cancer. but ahead of this visit to uvalde, texas, president biden spoke at a commencement ceremony at the university of delaware where he talked about his trip and also issued a call to action for the next generation. tomorrow i ll be heading to uvalde, texas, to be with each of those families. as i speak, those parents are literally preparing to bury their children. in the united states of america, to bury their children. too much violence. too much fear. too much grief. while this can feel like a very dark moment in america, i m optimistic, never been more optimistic in my entire life. here s why.
Happening inside. honestly, i think they did, they waited too long. too long. i was out here. i was out here and i m not the only parent that witnessed it. a lot of parents witnessed it. to see that they re saying that it was they got in here quick and handled business? that s not that is not the way that happened. had they got in there sooner and somebody would have taken immediate action, we might have more of those children here today, including my daughter. so not only are parents upset, but this entire community is upset. and of course grieving. on saturday family members and friends of one of the victims showed up here to the school. as they walked away from this overwhelming memorial, one of the relatives kept saying, oh my god, oh my god. adrienne broaddus, cnn, uvalde, texas. in the coming hours, u.s. president joe biden and first lady jill biden will travel to uvalde to do something they did
Just a couple of weeks ago after the mass shooting in buffalo, comfort the victims of gun violence. cnn s arlette saenz has more. reporter: president biden is preparing to spend several hours on the ground in uvalde, texas, to try to offer comfort to those grieving families dealing with the losses of two teachers and 19 young children following that shooting at robb elementary school earlier this week. the president and first lady will depart sunday morning from their home in wilmington, delaware, then travel down to texas where the president is expected to meet with community leaders, religious leaders, and most importantly, the families who have lost their loved ones. president biden time and time again has gone into these types of communities to try to grieve and offer comfort with them in the wake of their losses. of course, the president himself has a very strong personal experience with loss as well, having lost his wife and young baby daughter in a car accident.
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