Jack Brubaker, a former colleague of mine at the Lancaster New Era, visits with the Amish community in Nickels Mines, two years after the shooting there.

Jack reports that several of the young girls wounded in the attack still have health issues; the boys, too, carry a psychological pain.

Excerpt: “Many of the 15 boys Roberts ordered out of the classroom feel responsible for leaving their friends behind. Some have suffered profound psychological pain.

“In the long term, some of the boys have had serious medical issues,” says the health care worker. “Other boys, who weren’t even in the school but live in the neighborhood, have had trouble.”

Acknowledges the parent of a school child, “Some of the boys are emotional. I don’t know that the pain will ever go completely away. These children will carry scars for a lifetime.”