BEFORE THE TRAGEDY. KSAT EXPLAINS NEXT. >> THIS WEEK, KSAT EXPLAINS,
BRINGS US HERE TO ROBB
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN UVALDE
THIS WEEK. ALSO MARKS ONE YEAR
SINCE 19 CHILDREN AND 2
TEACHERS WERE KILLED HERE.
THOSE 77 MINUTES NOW FOREVER
ETCHED INTO OUR HISTORY.
>> BUT ROBB ELEMENTARY HAS A
LONG AND SIGNIFICANT HISTORY
HERE IN UVALDE LONG BEFORE MAY
24TH OF 2022. THAT’S WHAT THIS
WEEK’S KSAT EXPLAINS IS ALL
ABOUT.
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ABOUT. ♪ ♪
♪ ♪ >> I FIRE
>> SO MANY SO MANY ON
UNIMAGINABLE OR EFFECTS AND
RIPPLES JUST.
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>> MY NAME IS MENTAL THE MORGAN
JUNIOR LIBRARY DIRECTOR OF L
PROGRESS IN THE BOREAL LIBRARY.
THE BELTON, TEXAS.
I WANT THE LIBRARY TO BE A SAFE
PLACE, A REFUGE ARREST. BUT
FROM WHAT TRAGEDIES ARE GOING
ON IN THE COMMUNITY, I GREW UP
IN UVALDE. MY FORMATIVE YEARS
WERE HERE IN MY HEART. THIS
IS MY HOMETOWN. THERE ARE SO
MANY STORIES THAT PEOPLE HAVE
IN THIS TOWN CONNECTED TO ROB.
YES, LONG LONG BEFORE MAY 24TH
OF LAST ABSOLUTELY. ROB WAS
ONE OF
VERY WELL SCHOOLS AND IN THE
COMMUNITY. AND I DO WANT TO
SHARE WITH YOU MY LATE AND OR
THE NOSE WAS A TEACHER AT ROBB
SCHOOL FOR 40 YEARS. REALLY?
YES.
>> AND IN FACT, ONE OF OUR
FRIENDS ORDER, CHARLES WAS ONE
OF HER STUDENTS. I WENT TO ROBB
ELEMENTARY. I WENT THERE AND I
WENT TO ROOM ONE. YOU HAVE SOME
SPECIFIC STAND OUT TO YOU ABOUT
YOUR TIME AT ROBB.
>> ABDULLAH’S TIMES THAT WE
LIVE.
>> ONE BLOCK FROM GERALDINE AND
THEN A BLOCK AND A HALF TO ROB
THE FUN PARK.
>> DOTY SOUTH HIGH GERALD IN
THAT SQUARE. THAT WAS MY LIKE
MY BROTHER TALKS ABOUT HOW WE
HAD GOTTEN THE TV WERE THE
FIRST ONES TO GET A TEENY AND
LUNCH. THEY RAN HOME GRABBED.
THEY’RE SAYING IT IS A WORK
WATCH TV AND THEY DID HEAR THE
BILL.
>> AND IT WAS TIME AND THEY
RUN BACK AND THEY GET THERE.
YOU KNOW, THEY HEAR THAT BEFORE
THAT HARDY BILL READ, THEY WERE
IN CLASS.
THAT MEANS YOU WENT TO A
NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL.
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>> BUT WHEN SHE WAS 11, THE
FAMILY MOVED TO UVALDE AND SHE
WAS AMONG THE FIRST STUDENTS
TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL
HERE IN 18, 91, THERE WERE 3
STUDENTS IN THE GRADUATING
CLASS IN 18. 91.
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AND WHEN SHE WAS PRESIDENT OF
EL PROGRESO CLUB IN 1926, SHE
WAS THE ONE WHO WENT TO THE
CITY TO MAKE THE FIRST REQUEST
FOR FUNDING FOR THE LIBRARY FOR
THE OPERATING BUDGET.
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THERE WAS A AT THE TIME THAT
THE SCHOOL WAS BEING BUILT AS
TO PERMIT SHOULD BE NAMED.
AND ONE OF MY LATE FRIEND
CLASSMATE OF PROPOSED HER NAME
BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN ACTUALLY
HAD TUTORED BY HER AFTER SHE
HAD RETIRED.
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>> I WENT ALONG IN THE 50’S ALL
US OF THE GOALS IN THE 4TH
GRADE. AND I REALIZE THAT THERE
WAS SO MUCH DISCRIMINATION
>> AND BACK THEN BECAUSE OF THE
AREA THAT ROBB ELEMENTARY
COVERED. WE WERE ALL HISPANICS.
>> AND ALL THE TEACHERS BACK
THEN WERE MOSTLY WIDELY
PUBLISHED US FROM SPEAKING
SPANISH.
THE CAR WAS ABOUT 23. 24 YEARS
OLD.
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OLD. ♪ YEARS, YEARS OF OF THE
QUESTION, THE SCHOOL ISSUE CAME
OUT. WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
AND SO
THE WALKOUT THAT NOT FOR ANY
OTHER REASON WHAT TIMING WAS
RIGHT. MY SENIOR YEAR WAS THAT
THE WALKOUT?
>> AND AT THAT POINT, MY FATHER
SAYS YOU’RE NOT WALKING AT AND
I DIDN’T WANT OUT OF MY BEST
FRIEND WAS OUT THERE WALKING
AND I DID NOT GO
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>> THE POOR KIDS. THEY LOST
A YEAR. THE ONES THAT DIDN’T
COME BACK, THE STUDENTS ARE THE
ONES WHO PAY THE PRICE.
WE DID A LOT OF GOOD.
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS
THAT VOTER REGISTRATION WITH
ENERGIZED A LOT OF YOUNGER
PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE TO RUN
FOR OFFICE. NOW, 50 YEARS
LATER, I’VE LEARNED KWAI
EXACTLY. NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY
THEY WALKED OUT WITH FIRST.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS A DARK CLOUD
OVER US THAT THAT WAS NOTHING
COMPARED.
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COMPARED. ♪ ♪
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♪ ♪ WE HAVE RECEIVED. I GUESS
THOUSANDS
OF CARDS.
>> AND THE LETTERS YOU RECEIVED
A WELLS WE HAVE RECEIVED
CROSSES.
WE RECEIVED PAINTINGS. DRAWINGS
ARE WORKED.
>> WHAT EVERYONE IS TRYING SO
HARD TO DO SOMETHING
MEANINGFUL.
>> HOW DO YOU HOPE THIS
LIBRARY?
CAN PLAY A ROLE IN TELLING THE
STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED ON MAY.
24.
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24. ♪ >> WE KNOW THAT RESEARCH WILL
BE DONE ON THIS TRAGEDY FOR
MANY YEARS TO COME. WE WILL BE
ABLE
TO PROFESSIONALLY IDENTIFY ALL
THE OBJECTS THAT HAVE COME TO
US. PEOPLE ARE STILL COMING
FROM EVERYWHERE WHO WANT TO
COME IN AND THE IN THE
COMMUNITY TO OFFER THEIR
SUPPORT AND TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENED HERE.
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♪ ♪ >> WE WILL HAVE LIVE TEAM
COVERAGE FROM YOU ABOUT THE
STARTING WEDNESDAY MORNING ON
GMSA LEADING UP TO OUR SPECIAL
ONE YEAR IN UVALDE TO 09:00PM
RIGHT HERE ON KSAT 12 AND
STREAMING ON KSAT. PLUS AND OUR
YOUTUBE PAGE. YOU CAN ALSO
WATCH THIS CASE THAT EXPLAINED