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June 19, 2015 / beckmank

I am so sad. Charleston is a beautiful, wonderful, lovely city. I don’t understand how someone can hate this much. Especially innocent strangers sitting in a bible study.

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Summer @ Xingsings

June 19, 2015 at 4:39 pm

When I found out yesterday I was so surprised. It is really tragic.

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