Vigil To Remember Those Killed In Orlando Attack Held

 

About 20 people gathered at the corner of Maple Avenue and Pine Street in Langhorne Borough Wednesday evening to remember the 49 innocent people shot dead in a domestic terrorism attack in Orlando.

Residents from Bristol, Langhorne, Newtown and surrounding communities gathered outside Mayor’s Playground for the vigil that received honks from commuters whizzing through the busy intersection.

Nancy Stroh of Newtown said she “thought it was important” to attend the vigil.

Others said they felt it was important to show solidarity with the people of Orlando following Sunday morning’s attack.

Passersby honked their car horns for the vigil as attendees read the names of the 49 victims.

Some in attendance held up signs supporting gun legislation would support reform in current gun laws. Several people in attendance chanted “no more silence, end gun violence.”

“We must work harder in order to see that we all bleed the same color…that we all take in the same air, drink the same water. We must work harder to show that we all belong to, and inhabit, the same little planet,” said Barbara Simmons, executive director of the Peace Center in Langhorne. “We are all guilty of not shining the light bright enough, not loving enough.”

The vigil was put on by the Peace Center, Coalition for Peace Action, Bucks Safe, Bucks Against Gun Violence and Zubaida Foundation.