PITTSBURGH — A touching commemoration was held Squirrel Hill to mark seven years since a deadly shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue.
11 people were killed inside the synagogue when the gunman opened fire during services.
The ceremony was meant to mourn those who were lost and spread kindness in their memory.
The 11 names were read aloud.
Remembering the 11 people killed in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Proudly showing a framed picture of her father with her nephew, Leigh Stein, said she was honoring her “quiet” dad as she remembers him means to find good in the world.
“This is my father, Dan Stein. My dad was a really special man and he was always there anyone who needed it,” Leigh said.
Family and friends each lit a candle to commemorate the lives lost and their legacies.
The keynote speaker was Jason Lando, who was a Pittsburgh police commander at the time of the shooting.
“It was not until an hour into the incident that i learned my grandfather stayed home sick that day for the first time in 20 years,” Lando said.
He shared his vivid memory of not only the call to a place he visited often as a kid but, also, about his dad’s friend, Joyce Feinberg.
“Joyce was the sort of person who would do anything for anybody. I think of her as having big arms who would just embrace you,” said Joel Greenhouse, who was also friends with Joyce Feinberg.
The voice of Pittsburgh’s Capa High School Choir filled the center.
The leader of the 10.27 Healing Partnership, Maggie Feinstein hopes the youth can understand the everlasting impact of Oct. 27.
“The fact that kids who never even knew the story and definitely didn’t know the 11 have taken that legacy themselves and I hope the community can see that and know that we are not alone,” Feinstein said.
Efforts to honor those killed in the shooting began over the weekend, with a series of volunteering events — like polishing headstones and filling in holes at Jewish cemeteries or packing and shelving food for the Jewish Family and Community Services’ food pantry.
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“They were all volunteers and part of the community. We always want to bring their memories back to the surface,” JFCS Director of Clinical Services Stephanie Small told Channel 11.
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