One Room Amish School House to be Razed (Wizbang)

I can't blame them for wanting to tear the whole thing down and start fresh.

The Amish school where a gunman shot 10 girls last week, killing five of them, is expected to be demolished Thursday, a fire department official said.

"Tomorrow morning the school is going to be torn down," Mike Hart, a spokesman for the Bart Fire Company, said late Wednesday.

Private contractors are scheduled to start demolishing the school before dawn and will haul the debris to a landfill, a process expected to take about four hours, Hart said. "There will be no burning," he said.

The West Nickel Mines Amish School has been boarded up since Oct. 2, when gunman Charles Carl Roberts IV stormed the one-room schoolhouse, releasing 15 boys and four adults before tying up and shooting the 10 girls. Roberts, who had come armed with a shotgun, rifle, handgun and a stun gun, then killed himself.

The five wounded girls are all still believed to be hospitalized. The hospitals are no longer providing any information about the patients at the request of their families. One of the hospitals, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, announced this week it would waive the children's huge medical bills.

This is contact information if you would like to donate to the victims of the Amish school rampage:

Nickel Mine School Victims Fund
c/o Hometown Heritage Bank
P.O. Box 337
Strasburg, PA 17579

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Comments (2)

Is there a fund to give too... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by VagaBond | October 11, 2006 11:26 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

VagaBond:

Is there a fund to give too?

Posted on October 11, 2006 23:26

Vaga-yes there is.... (Below threshold)

2. Posted by Gianni | October 11, 2006 11:42 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Gianni:

Vaga-

yes there is.

I live less than 20 miles from there, and there is a fund set up at a local bank. I'll look for info for you, and repost.

Posted on October 11, 2006 23:42

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