KENT, Ohio - More than 1,000 people crowded the hill and Commons at Kent State University on Tuesday to remember four students who were killed and nine who were wounded during antiwar protests 40 years ago.
John Filo, who took the Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of Mary Vecchio kneeling over the body of slain student Jeffrey Miller, said, "It's always tough coming back."
Vecchio, who was a 14-year-old runaway when the photograph was snapped, said the memories "draw me to different places, some dark lows and some highs, feeling sad and scared."
The really sad thing is, that our generation really hasn't kept its promises to change the world.
Many of us tried; some are still trying; but, things have, by and large, really only gotten worse.
No comments:
Post a Comment