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After your remarks, you encourage others to come to the front and pay their respects to the fallen survivors. One by one, they file to the front of the chapel, lighting candles, and stopping at each photo for a prayer or simply to acknowledge the deceased. For those few minutes of reflection, you feel an odd sense of peace. The world outside shrinks away, and all you think about are Dave, Javier, Candace, and Jason. As the last of your group ascends the small dais to the altar, Emma starts to hum Amazing Grace and before long all are singing the words to the familiar song.

"Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,

That saved a wretch like me….

I once was lost but now am found,

Was blind, but now, I see."