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Hundreds of people joined a three-minute silence in Southport to remember the three girls killed and everyone affected by the attack.

The town came together in tribute to the victims, survivors and emergency responders who were impacted on July the twenty ninth, twenty twenty four.
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00:00I had extended family visiting on that day two years ago and we were in, we were out having a
00:07meal and we had to leave the restaurant because of, you know, the aftermath.
00:12I mean, I think what happened was disgusting. I mean, no one's arguing that, but I think today in, like,
00:21the climate we're in, like, the social media nonsense that goes on,
00:24you get people who were jumping to say, like, oh, this happened and that happened and ignoring what the family
00:31wants.
00:31They're the most important people. They're the people who've lost someone.
00:33Very, very sad. I feel sad for them all, the children most of all, and the families, but also his
00:40family as well. Their lives have been destroyed.
00:43My parents' houses around the corner, so obviously we went back there and we had to stay in, safety.
00:52So we only heard it on the news what had actually happened, so.
00:56It's an actual human tragedy and I think that nowadays people are so disconnected from that that it, like, it
01:06stops you from realising that it's actually a tragedy.
01:09We've lost, you know, young people, really young people.
01:12I mean, you get annoyed and upset, but you don't do horrendous things like that.
01:18The authorities have got a lot to answer for, haven't they?
01:21There was a breakdown in communication, wasn't there?
01:24The signs were there at school, but weren't really picked up on, and that's what happens.
01:29And there was a question.
01:29Everybody's so close to all these things.
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