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Summary: KDKA-TV breaking news report on the October 27 attack. Includes updates throughout the day with more info about the shooting and responses from public officials
Summary: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial Board editorial calling for community in the aftermath of the October 27 attack. Compares attack to other recent local tragedies, including the shooting of three Pittsburgh Police officers in Stanton Heights in 2009 and the Flight 93 crash in Somerset County on Sept. 11, 2001.
Summary: WESA report on charges filed against alleged perpetrator of October 27 attack. Includes comments from Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Four page pamphlet with paragraphs of typed text and headshot portraits throughout. Purple toned text and photographs. Text describes history and mission of Lest We Forget project.
Summary: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review profile of the Squirrel Hill neighborhood and its response to the October 27 attack. Includes interviews with local residents and businesses-owners.
Sepia-tone photograph showing large group of people in a banquet hall decorated with streamers, Stars of David, and American flags. Text at bottom reads "The 25th Anniversary banquet of the Congregation 'Oher Chodosh Anshe Romanian' February 26, 1928 Pittsburgh Pa." Original photograph is creased in several places and missing one corner.
Summary: KDKA-TV report naming the alleged perpetrator of the October 27 attack. Includes list of federal charges.
Summary: WESA report from havdalah vigil on the corner of Forbes and Murray avenues in Squirrel Hill on the evening of the October 27 attack. Includes comments from State Rep. Dan Frankel.
Summary: Timeline arranged by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette listing six mass shootings in the Pittsburgh region since 2000, including incidents in Wilkinsburg, Beaver County, Stanton Heights, Collier, and Mt. Lebanon.
Summary: KDKA-TV report identifying vicitms of the October 27 attack.
Black and white photograph showing two young women standing before the iron gates of a synagogue. Label taped onto photograph reads, "Bess & Rose Velgich in front of Oir Chodosh 1945." Original photograph has pinked edges and dried tape.
Photocopied legal document. Typed with embossed seal and some handwritten annotations, 12 pages.
Summary: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report on President Donald Trump's announcement of plans to visit Pittsburgh following the October 27 attack. Includes statements and comments from the president regarding various aspects of the attack.
Summary: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report on initial condition of survivors of the October 27 attack, including both worshippers and police officers. Report spefically identifies Daniel Leger and describes other survivors.
Summary: WESA profile on alleged perpetrator of the October 27 attack, including background on his social media posts about HIAS. Includes comments from HIAS President Mark Hetfield and from social media platform Gab.
Summary: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report on Pitt Panthers football program's response to the October 27 attack. Includes coach Pat Narduzzi offering condolences and discussing coaching his players on the day of the attack.
Summary: KDKA-TV report compiling responses to the October 27 attack from public figures including Vice President Mike Pence, President Barack Obama, actor Tom Hanks, the U.S. Holocaust Museum, Israeli officials, President Bill Clinton, and others.
Summary: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report from interfaith havdalah vigil at the intersection of Murray and Forbes avenues in Squirrel Hill hours after the October 27 attack. Vigil was organized by students from Taylor Allderdice High School.
Small saddle-stitched booklet with large wine stain across cover, 37 pages.
Summary: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article reporting on Pittsburgh Penguins Captain Sidney Crosby and Head Coach Mike Sullivan expressing condolences following the October 27 attack.
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