The who, the what, the when but not the why

By Kay S. Pedrotti

Tears fell in many places, even the newspaper offices. Hearts everywhere began to hurt. Prayers were given for total strangers; all that happened when the news of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., emerged. None of us knows why such tragedies occur. There are many speculations, and the pundits and politicians are quick to jump on their favorite bandwagons – whether for super-security for schools, gun control or stringent legal redress for victims’ families.