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Terry Newman: The young heroes of Tumbler Ridge

In the midst of all the chaos and terror, two young female heroes sprang into action to help their classmates

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This week, tragedy struck the quiet town of Tumbler Ridge, B.C. What should have been a normal school day turned into an unimaginable nightmare when 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar entered the small community’s secondary school with a modified handgun and a long gun, taking the lives of five students and one educator, while injuring at least 25 others, after killing two family members at home. In dark times like these, it can feel like the word “humanity” has lost all meaning.

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But in the midst of all the chaos and terror at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, two young female heroes, Maya Gebala and Maddie Levesque, sprang into action to help their classmates, reminding us of what it means to be human. Both girls should be........

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