Please take a moment today to remember and pray.

Today, October 2nd, is the eighth anniversary of the tragedy at West Nickel Mines Amish School in Bart Township. As part of the mass casualty response dispatched that morning by Lancaster County 911, Ambulance 49 was one of the first arriving emergency medical units at the school that tragic day.

Remember the girls that the Lord called home: Naomi Rose Ebersol, age 7; Marian Stoltzfus Fisher, age 13; Anna Mae Stoltzfus, age 12; Lena Zook Miller, age 7; Mary Liz Miller, age 8. Pray for their families as they continue to deal with the loss of their beloved girls, and look to the day when they meet again.

Pray for the girls whom were wounded and survived and their families: Rosanna King, Rachel Ann Stoltzfus, Barbara Stoltzfus Fisher, Sarah Ann Stoltzfus, and Esther King.

Pray for the other children and the teacher who were in the school at the time and escaped

Pray for the responders that day: Fire, EMS & Police; as they continue to remember their involvement that day.

Pray for the Roberts and Welk families, as they too have suffered since that day.

This is a horrific tragedy that shook the foundations of the entire Lancaster County community to its core; Amish and "English" alike. The tragedy indeed proved that it can indeed happen to anyone at any place at any time.

We must never forget. We will never forget.