Family members of those lost in the Tree of Life Shooting, Michelle Simon Weis, left, name withheld, second from left, Sharyn Stein, second from right, and Leigh Stein, right, hug each other as they watch family, friends and community members plant a tree in Schenley park on the six-month anniversary of the shooting in Squirrel Hill Sunday, April 28, 2019, beginning at Temple Sinai and ending at Schenley Park in Squirrel Hill. The ceremony titled “Looking Back, Marching Forward” began with a ceremony, which included speakers such as survivor Dan Leger and Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto, as well as PA Representative Ed Gainey and Pittsburgh City Council member Erika Strassburger. The gathering concluded with a march and a community tree planting at Schenley Park. “This tree is not to commemorate what has happened before,” remarks Anne-Marie Nelson of Squirrel Hill, not pictured, “but to mark moving forward. Moving forward into a future with growth and to represent the community moving and growing forward. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)
