Portraits of Grief From Uvalde

<p><i>This episode contains strong language.</i></p><p>Gemma Lopez, 10, watched a movie in class that day. Jacob Albarado, a Border Patrol officer, was getting his hair cut when he heard there was a gunman at his daughter’s school, where his wife is a teacher. Ricardo Garcia, a hospital groundskeeper, can still hear the screaming of parents in the emergency room.</p><p>These are some of the stories of those who lived through the devastation of the shooting at Robb Elementary School.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/rick-rojas">Rick Rojas</a>, a national correspondent for The New York Times; <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/natalie-kitroeff">Natalie Kitroeff</a>, a correspondent for The Times; and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/eduardo-medina">Eduardo Medina</a>, a reporter covering breaking news for The Times. </p><p>Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>A week after the shooting, the nearly two dozen funerals have begun in a community that<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/31/us/uvalde-victims-funerals.html"> must contemplate an agonizing new reality</a>.</li><li>As soon as the scale of the tragedy became clear, congregants rushed to Sacred Heart Catholic Church. In the days since,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/30/us/uvalde-church-sacred-heart.html"> they’ve kept going in search of comfort and community</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>