Citation

Sacks CA, Malina D, Morrissey S, Campion EW, Hamel MB, Drazen JM. New Engl. J. Med. 2016; 375(9): e19.

Affiliation

From Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (C.A.S.).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Massachusetts Medical Society)

DOI

10.1056/NEJMe1608173

PMID

27376581

Abstract

In the wreckage of destroyed lives, broken families, and a traumatized community left behind by a gunman's rampage on June 12, Americans seemed to be asking what kind of crime this was. Another senseless mass shooting in a long line from Virginia Tech to Aurora to Newtown? A terrorist attack inspired by ISIL or other extremist groups? A hate crime against the LGBT community? Do the distinctions among these unspeakable horrors matter? Central Floridians didn't wait for an answer; they poured into the streets and lined up at blood-donation centers ready and willing to give part of themselves in hopes. . .

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