Early Friday morning, a group of around 40 Lipscomb faculty and staff members gathered around the Allen Bell Tower to remember the victims of last Friday’s shooting in Connecticut.
In honor of the 26 victims that lost their lives in the tragic shooting at an elementary school in Newton, Connecticut, the governor of Connecticut, Dan Malloy, asked citizens across the nation join together at 8:30 a.m. CST and remember those involved by taking a moment of silence and listening to a tolling of the bell.
In an email to faculty and staff, Dr. Randy Lowry invited those who were able to attend a chance to take part in the nation-wide moment of remembrance. Those who could not attend were welcomed to take a brief pause in their office.
The bell on campus chimed 26 times for every victim. A brief moment of silence followed.