The one year anniversary of the deadly airport attack here in the FTL.
Because the wheels of justice turn slowly, the trial of the shooter won't even be until this upcoming June (unless it's postponed yet again) ... but the occasion still presented itself as a time for reflection.
And because people are people, much of the "reflection" so far has been finger pointing and blame placing, but the hope is that the tragedy will eventually lead to improvements locally when it comes to emergency coordination and to changes to the way airport safety is evaluated at all similarly situated "soft" targets for domestic terrorism such as was perpetrated on that January day a year ago less than 10 miles away from ye olde (new) homestead.
On this day in particular ... our thoughts and prayers go out to the families who have to relive the incident -- those of Shirley Timmons, Olga Woltering, Terry Andres, Micahel Oehme and Mary Louise Amzibel (not pictured above) -- slain that day in yet another act of senseless violence.
THE STORIES OF THOSE FIVE:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fort-lauderdale-hollywood-airport-shooting/fl-fort-lauderdale-airport-shooting-victims-20170107-story.html
NEW IDEAS COMING OUT OF THE TRAGEDY:
http://totalsecuritydailyadvisor.blr.com/policies-training/new-ideas-security-improvements-fort-lauderdale-airport-shooting/
REFLECTIONS FROM THE FRONT LINE:
https://www.local10.com/fort-lauderdale-airport-shooting/first-responders-doctor-reflect-on-response-to-fort-lauderdale-airport-shooting-
