Across metro Atlanta Sunday, people are coming together in houses of worship and at a community vigil to mourn with the world over the Paris terror attacks, which killed at least 130 people and wounded more than 350.
People said they felt a strong desire to support the French after Friday’s massacre. But beyond the shared hugs and tears, they offered a variety of opinions on what form that support should take.
Estelle Ostrzega of Vinings believes that America must assume a war footing. She's 78, but the attacks brought her back to her days as a child in France during World War II. She was 7 when the Allies liberated her loved ones, and she remembers an American soldier giving her a piece of candy.
“I’ll never forget the taste,” she said.
But Rachel Norwood felt more violence is not the answer.
"This is a very tenuous time for the whole world," said Norwood, 51, of Tucker. "I'm a pacifist. Certainly I want the perpetrators caught and stopped. But I think we should focus on the healing."
Read the entire story on metro Atlantans' reactions to the Paris massacre at http://www.myajc.com/news/news/metro-atlanta-mourns-for-paris/npNj3/
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