Healing process begins in Moncton
Posted Jun 11, 2014 06:47:43 AM.
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The funeral is over, many of the visitors have left town and now the City of Moncton can start the healing process in the wake of a terrible tragedy.
Thousands of police officers marched in near unison yesterday, as crowds lined the streets of Moncton to pay their respects.
Jim Johnson made the trip from Charlottetown, he told News 95.7 his son is an RCMP officer who knew one of the victims.
“It’s going to take time for the families. There’s been so much going on – so much to and fro – it’s going to take some time before they have a chance to grieve. Really grieve,” said Johnson.
Heather McLellan drove down from Peterborough with her husband, a 35-year veteran of the OPP.
“He’s gone to countless of these services, and it always brings the communities together. And the families and communities try to heal after that,” she said.
Moncton resident Anne Whitlock told News 95.7, the pain of last week’s tragedy will outlast the national attention.
“For me, I’ll think about it forever. That’s why I wanted to be a part of this today,” said Whitlock.
Over the coming days, she says, life in this city will return to something approaching normal.
“I think people will move on. But there will always be this little sadness, this little corner, where it’s like, ‘That happened in Moncton!'” she said.
But as the visitors return to their homes, it’s the people of Moncton who are left with the heavy task of moving on from a tragedy.
