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UVALDE, Tex. — Outdoors the put up workplace downtown, Maricela Sanchez, 33, began to interrupt down and cry when requested what it was prefer to develop up in Uvalde.

The city will not be violent, she stated. “We’re not hateful folks.”

Some folks within the city sleep with their doorways unlocked, she added.

Martina Avila, 21, moved to Uvalde when she was 12 and instantly made shut pals.

“Everybody’s simply so caring and loving, and as a group, we’re very, you recognize, collectively as one household,” stated Avila, a university scholar, who introduced her 5-year-old daughter, Madalynn, to the city sq. to indicate help for his or her group. She held an indication that learn, “Keep in mind Their Names,” written in crimson marker with two hearts. “It’s identical to any small city. We’re there for one another in good occasions and unhealthy occasions.”

It’s a spot the place everybody helps out when there’s a fundraising dinner for somebody going through a medical emergency or to profit a sports activities crew. Many households are massive, and other people have a tendency to stay round or come again to lift kids. “We’re glad right here,” Sanchez stated. “If one thing unhealthy occurs, it’s actually uncommon.”