Classmate reads spouse's message: Somers remembers Joseph Spore Jr. at 25th anniversary

Tom Garrity, a classmate of Joseph Spore Jr., read a message from Colleen Spore on behalf of the Spore family at Bailey Park. Garrity said the family continues to carry an "enormous absence" and asked the community to keep telling the stories of those who died so younger people understand who they were beyond the date they died.

"Remembering means telling the stories... We must teach the facts," Garrity read from Colleen Spore's prepared words. The remarks focused on personal memories—birthdays, holidays and ordinary life—that were lost with each victim, and on the responsibility of the living to pass those stories down.