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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLone survivor in Texas shooting looks for hope amid her horror
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(CNN) -- Cassidy Stay has seen the worst -- the brutal killings of her parents and siblings, ages 4 to 13, in their Texas home.
On Saturday, the 15-year-old quoted Dumbledore, the wise man from the Harry Potter series, in hopes of finding some good amid the horror.
"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times," Cassidy said, citing J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," "if one only remembers to turn on the light."
The remarks -- at a public memorial for her family -- were the teenager's first public comments since she emerged as the lone survivor from the carnage in her family's Spring home.
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http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/12/justice/texas-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
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jtuck004
Jul 2014
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It does cause one to stop and ponder if a person who has restraining orders from his
Thinkingabout
Jul 2014
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Loudly
(2,436 posts)1. Think she will grow up to be a "gun rights" advocate? n/t
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)2. I think politicizing this makes it a greater tragedy, and the fact that
she saw hope where so many other dusty and rotten souls see opportunity says a lot for her.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)3. It does cause one to stop and ponder if a person who has restraining orders from his
Siblings had access to weapons. They should have nm wen seized when multiple restraining orders was issued and he should not have been to purchase from any source. Tragedies should not continue to happen because of wimpy Congressional members. Somewhere somehow the 85% should ring in the ears of Congress.