The year in Post-Gazette visuals

Rabbi Eli Wilansky of Squirell Hill and the Chabad school lights a candle after the mass shooting at Tree of Life synagogue Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, in Squirrel Hill. Eleven people were killed and six were wounded. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

Post-Gazette photojournalists pick their photos and videos of the year for 2018

PG Visuals Staff

This year, Post-Gazette photographers captured indelible images from events that garnered international attention to moments only they witnessed. Looking through the best images of the year is a time to revisit the moments that shaped our community and consider their impact.

Alexandra Wimley reflects that part of the job of a photojournalist is to make sure people don’t forget what has happened. “It’s really important for people to have that visual memory of these things that happen in history, whether they’re good or bad.”

Andrew Rush captured the moment Tim Bendig returned to the place where he was abused by a former Catholic priest. “My heart broke for him, you know, to think about what he went through at such a young age and that has really had a huge impact on his life. And he really felt powerless then. Hopefully, through this story, he felt like he was getting some of the power back, or having some justice in it.”

As Wimley documented the Tree of Life mass shooting, she was “struck by how people’s response to the tragedy evolved over time … It was powerful to see how people were healing together and how the communities came together.”

After months of documenting the effects of the opioid epidemic on a community, Stephanie Strasburg experienced “one of the most intense and intimate moments” as a photographer when a mother confronted the man who moved her daughter’s body as she fatally overdosed from heroin in 2017.

“It both felt like 30 seconds and an eternity because I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” she said. “I couldn’t believe that both of them were at a place where they could have that conversation and confront each other.”

On the first day of school, a father surprised his three daughters after returning from a tour of duty in Afghanistan. “To see those faces and the tears and the celebration of him and his family. I think that those sort of stories are just as needed in our daily coverage as everything else we do to keep the public informed,” said Steph Chambers.

Steph Chambers

City of Pittsburgh crossing guard Carla Harris, right, laughs with Rhavyn Doubt, 7, and Doubt’s stuffed animal “Fluffy as the girls wait with her Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at the corner of Meadow Street and Larimer Avenue in Larimer. “She’s a sweetie, and she keeps me company,” Harris said of Doubt, who lives nearby and likes to sit with her at the intersection on a regular basis. “I’m like a godmother to the kids because I am here every day watching over them and protecting them.” (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

Dancers with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre rehearse “The Nutcracker” Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, at the Benedum Center in Downtown. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

Raymond Kahn and assistant coach Kent Bloom of the Mars basketball team celebrate after beating Trinity during the WPIAL Class 5A semifinal Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, at Baldwin High School. Mars beat Trinity, 56-39. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

Joey Bova of Bethel Park reacts as Flyer Valtteri Filppula ties the game while she watches the big screen during game 5 of the first-round playoff series against the Philadelphia Flyers Friday, April 20, 2018, outside PPG Paints Arena. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

A double rainbow appears over Pittsburgh Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, seen from West End-Elliott Overlook Park. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

Yeshiva School students from left Batsheva Ezagui, Batya Deitsch, Esther Rivka Shkedi and Tzipporah Shkedi watch the funeral procession for Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, as it drives along Forbes Avenue toward Homewood Cemetery in Squirrel Hill. Eleven people were killed and six were wounded after the mass shooting at Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

Rain falls from the chin of West Allegheny head coach Bob Palko Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, at Upper St. Clair High School. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

Clockwise from front, Chianne Corniffe, Callie Rector and Graci Ricci, all 10, practice their gymnastics Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, along Dewey Street, or as the girls refer to it as “the party street,” in Etna. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

South Fayette head coach Joe Rossi is doused with water after the team beat Thomas Jefferson, 31-24, during the WPIAL Class 4A championship Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, at Heinz Field. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

Officer David Shifren knocks off a pawn as Manoj Darjee, 9, of Carrick reacts during a weekly community chess class Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in Knoxville. Officer Shifren leads chess classes at several libraries in the city. He earned his Master of Fine Arts degree in fiction writing from the University of Pittsburgh. While conducting research for one of his mystery novels, Officer Shifren participated in a detective ride along, which sparked his interest in police work as a career. He works as an officer in the evenings and writes novels and screenplays in the mornings. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

From left, Mars’ Lauren Wasylson, Nichole Sommers, assistant coach Ashley Phillips and head coach Dana Petruska react after Tai Johnson stole the ball, scored the winning basket on a layup and was fouled with 4.2 seconds left in the PIAA class 5A girls basketball championship Wednesday, March 28, 2018, at the Giant Center in Hershey. Mars beat Archbishop Wood, 36-33. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

Thomas Jefferson head softball coach Heidi Karcher shows her “believe” lucky sports bra to her players after beating Albert Gallatin 2-0 in eight innings during the WPIAL Class 5A softball semifinal Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at Boyce Mayview Park. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

Jamaica Johnson, an 11th-grader at Pittsburgh CAPA, and Denzel Washington share a moment during a groundblessing Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, at the August Wilson House in the Hill District. The actor announced he and other celebrities would be giving $5 million in support of projects at the playwright’s childhood home. Jamaica performed a monologue from “King Hedley II” at the ceremony. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

A woman in her car pauses as the hearse carrying Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz, a victim of the Tree of Life shooting, heads toward Homewood Cemetery along South Dallas Avenue Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, in Squirrel Hill. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

Peter Diana

Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cleveland Browns

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger stiff-arms Briean Boddy-Calhoun Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)

Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby scores in the second period in game 4 of the first-round playoff series against the Philadelphia Flyers Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)

Pittsburgh Pirates Francisco Cervelli and Gregory Polanco wait for Colin Moran to touch home after hitting a Grand Slam in the first inning against the Twins Monday, April 2, 2018, at PNC Park. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)

Tom Doyle, left, is comforted by Sam Meyer during a candlelight vigil for Officer Brian Shaw Sunday, March 4, 2018, in New Kensington. New Kensington police Officer Shaw was killed in an attempted traffic stop Nov. 17, 2017.(Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)

Steelers running back James Conner celebrates with Antonio Brown after scoring against the Falcons Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018, at Heinz Field. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)

Pittsburgh Penguins Zach Aston-Reese celebrates his first NHL career goal against the Senators Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, at PPG Paints Arena. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)

Flyers Sean Couturier puts the puck past Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Murray in the second period in game 2 of the first-round playoff series against the Philadelphia Flyers, Friday, April 13, 2018 at PPG Paints Arena. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)

The Capitals celebrate the game winning goal by Evgeny Kuznetsov in overtime to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins in game 6 of the second-round playoff series Monday, May 7, 2018, at PPG Paints Arena. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)

Autonomy, left, and Ali watch their dad Pittsburgh Steelers Antonio Brown go through drills during afternoon practice Friday, July 27, 2018, at St Vincent College in Latrobe. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)

Pittsburgh Steelers T.J. Watt sacks Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan, causing him to fumble the ball, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018, at the Heinz Field. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)

Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster reacts after the Raiders scored in the final minute of play Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018, at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, Calif. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)

Rebecca Droke

Ana Alberto, 24, says the rosary as her boyfriend Jesus Gutierrez, 26, looks on, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018, at their home in Bethel Park. Both Alberto and Gutierrez received DACA status after coming the United States from Mexico when they were children. “Having parents here that are undocumented … only your faith can save you from not being so worried about them,” says Ana. “One of my uncles was deported. We went to see him in jail … It was the saddest thing you can imagine seeing when the only criminal thing is not to have a piece of paper saying you’re legal here.” (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)

Pablo, who was then 17 years old, holds a drawing he did based on a movie he watched in Spanish class about a young undocumented immigrant who was deported, Tuesday, March 6, 2018, at his home in Pittsburgh. “And so she spoke the horrible words that spoke out more than actions could ever do,” reads the quote from the movie at the bottom of the drawing. Pablo explains, “The president, he says things that are affecting all things happening right now.” (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)

Alexandre Silva and Julia Erickson perform in Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s Swan Lake Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, at the Benedum Center Downtown. Erickson, who danced with the ballet for 17 years, took her final bow with the company in October. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)

Milton Barr, left, of Fox Chapel races with his niece Violet, 7, of Franklin Lakes, New York Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018, at the MassMutual Pittsburgh Ice Rink at PPG Place Downtown. Barr said he was wearing the dinosaur outfit to encourage his son, who loves dinosaurs, to get on the ice and skate. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)

Dara Morgan Brown, left, reads a story written by her grandfather Simon Gelernter, a Holocaust survivor, as her grandmother Francine Gelernter, also a Holocaust survivor, and her cousin Max Aaron Gelernter stand with her during a Holocaust Remembrance Day program Thursday, April 12, 2018 in Squirrel Hill. Francine lit one of the six candles that honored the six million killed during the Holocaust. Additional candles honored Holocaust liberators, non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews from Nazi extermination, World War II veterans and local survivors. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)

President Donald Trump’s State of Union address is reflected in the glasses of Adriana Quinones, whose mother became the executive director of Casa San Jose, during a watch party Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, at Casa San Jose in Beechview. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)

Joyce Daniels address Pittsburgh police and public safety officials during a community police relations meeting held after the recent police shooting death of her son Mark Daniels Thursday, March 8, 2018, at the Community Empowerment Association in Homewood. Mark Daniels was shot and killed by police officers the morning of Feb. 11. “I tried to stay calm, but it’s hard,” said Joyce Daniels about the meeting. “They shot an innocent bystander. They said he looked aggressive and suspicious,” continued Daniels. She refuted the police report that her son had a weapon. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)

U.S. Rep. Juan Vargas, left, D-Calif., asks “Lamb, Lamb are you lost?” before helping U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb find his way, Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at the U.S. Capitol complex in Washington, District of Columbia. Lamb was learning his way around the Capitol after winning a special election for Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)

Woodland Hills students take their case for gun control to Harrisburg

Woodland Hills High School student Ciara Turner, 16, center, is comforted by Kiondre Tibbs, right, 17, as members of the Woodland Hills Students Against Gun Violence group participate in a gun control rally Wednesday, April 11, 2018, in Harrisburg at the state capitol. Turner’s twin brother, Jerame, was killed Nov. 27, 2017. Turner spoke during the rally, reading off the names of Woodland Hills students who have been killed by gun violence. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)

Lake Fong

Chandriel Strong, 29, of Youngstown, Ohio, breaks down while paying respect at the scene of a fatal house fire Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, in Youngstown. The fire broke out on Sunday night, killing five children, including one-year-old twins along with three others ranging from two to nine-years-old, and injuring the mother who jumped out from the second floor window. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten acknowledge the audience in the AFT Conference 2018 Friday, July 13, 2018, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Downtown. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)

Pirates’ Gregory Polanco throws his helmet after striking out in the fifth inning against the Dodgers Thursday, June 7, 2018, at PNC Park. The Dodgers won 8-7. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)

Pittsburgh police arrest Ciora Thomas, left, organizer of the ACJ Action-Black Trans Lives PA, and others, after the protesters blocked traffic on Second Avenue Thursday, Oct 25, 2018, at the Allegheny County Jail in Downtown. The protesters were rallying for the rights of transgender inmates at the jail. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)

Kobe Trott, 18, of New Castle reacts after learning that he will get a customized bike Thursday, July 19, 2018, at Heinz Field. Variety, a 90-year-old children’s Charity, gave away 21 customized adaptive bikes to local kids with disabilities. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)

Through magnified raindrops on a car window, the image of a butterfly mural titled “Go on Transform You” painted on a garage door is seen inverted and reversed just as light inside a camera is turned upside down and backwards by a lens Tuesday, April 24, 2018, at 15th street on the South Side. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)

Susan Spangler of Friendship prays during a rally near the Tree of Light synagogue Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, in Squirrel Hill. Spangler joined others rallying in Squirrel Hill on the first day of funerals for the 11 victims of the mass shooting as President Donald Trump visited the synagogue. Trump also visited first responders at UPMC Presbyterian who were injured in the mass shooting. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)

Joshua Tesnovich, center, a manager at Cigna, wears a hair net over his beard while packing meals with his teammates at the office Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, in Coraopolis. About 500 Cigna employees in Pittsburgh packed 100,000 meals for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank as part of the fifth annual Cigna Fights Hunger program. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)

The Rev. Lou Vallone, pastor of St John of God Parish, puts on his vestments before ministering a funeral service Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, in McKees Rocks. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)

Daniel McNeal of Penn Hills comforts his aunt Adrienne Lockett and his 3-year-old cousin, Alijah Lockett, after a two-alarm fire destroyed an apartment complex Friday, April 27, 2018, in Wilkinsburg. The Locketts lived at the complex on Paul Court. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)

Sarah Mee, 15, of McCandless practices jumping with Magic, a 15-year-old mini-horse at Park Parkview Riding Academy Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, in McCandless. Sarah is a 3-time state champion in 4H equestrian competition and competes with Magic. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)

Matt Freed

Pirates catcher Francisco Cervelli congratulates Felipe Vazquez after he notched the save against the Royals Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)

From left, Pitt defensive back Therran Coleman is congratulated by defensive back Paris Ford and linebacker Elijah Zeise after Coleman intercepted a ball intended for Syracuse wide receiver Nykeim Johnson to win the game in overtime Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)

Mets left fielder Michael Conforto slides safely into home plate against Pirates catcher Elias Diaz in the sixth inning Friday, July 27, 2018, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger gets a Father’s Day hug from his daughter, Baylee, 4, during his Pro Camp Sunday, June 17, 2018, at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)

Giants Andrew McCutchen signs autographs before taking on the Pirates Friday, May 11, 2018, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)

Tia Taylor is comforted by her friend Jameira Mosely during a protest of the shooting death of Antwon Rose II Friday, June 22, 2018, in Market Square. Both attended Woodland Hills High School with Rose. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)

Duke’s Grayson Allen ends up under the media tables after diving for a loose ball against Rhode Island in the first half of the second round of the NCAA tournament Saturday, March 17, 2018, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)

Pirates pitcher Chris Archer reacts after getting Cardinals shortstop Paul DeJong to strike out with the bases loaded to end the top of the second inning Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)

Pitt’s V’Lique Carter dives into the end zone for a touchdown against Duke in the third quarter Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)

Pirates catcher Francisco Cervelli gets a little help from third baseman Jose Osuna as he pulls in a pop up by Royals shortstop Adalberto Mondesi in the third inning Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)

In his last season with Pitt, head coach Kevin Stallings reacts to a foul called against his team as they take on Boston College Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, at Petersen Events Center. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)

Steelers running back James Conner scores a touchdown against the Browns in the fourth quarter Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)

Nate Guidry

A tearful Stephen Andes, 98, who lives in the Country Meadows retirement complex in South Fayette, get a hug from his daughter Mary Jane Olsavsky of North Strabane after he is recognized for his military service during a D-Day luncheon Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Country Meadows. Andes served aboard the destroyer USS Doyle on D-Day. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)

Vietnam veterans Dennis Downie, left, of Beechview and Ed Blank, far right, of Mt. Lebanon place candles near a memorial during the POW-MIA vigil Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland. The event, sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans, Inc., included speakers, posting of the colors and volunteers holding a flag for 15-minutes at a time. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)

Actor Ted Danson, a Carnegie Mellon graduate, receives his honorary doctorate from the university during CMU’s commencement ceremony May 20, 2018, in Oakland. Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)

Villagers watch as a group of Vietnam veterans stands on the old air strip at the former An Hoa Combat Base Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, in Vietnam. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)

George Haught of Monaca walks along China Beach Monday, Jan. 29, 2018, in Da Nang, Vietnam. Haught served with the U.S. Marines during the Battle of Hue in 1968, and was awarded three Purple Hearts for his service in Vietnam. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)

The Rev. Paul Abernathy, director of FOCUS Pittsburgh and pastor of St. Moses Orthodox Church, baptizes Norma Gentry of Carrick Saturday, July 14, 2018, in the Hill District. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)

Anna Thompson and Taylor Knight, who make up the multidisciplinary dance duo called “slowdanger,” rehearse Tuesday, March, 6, 2018, at Metta in Garfield. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)

Brian Stack of Greensburg, 53, poses for a portrait Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, along the North Shore Trail near PNC Park. Stack is an avid runner who has run every Pittsburgh Marathon since the race started up again in 2009. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette).

Noor Abbas, 2, of East Liberty rides the carousel Monday, May 14, 2018, at Schenley Plaza in Oakland. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)

Carol Johnson, 74, of Swissvale poses for a portrait Monday, June 11, 2018, near the intersection of Wylie Avenue and Fullerton Street in the Hill District. Johnson’s sister Julia May, one year older, was raped and murdered outside their home on Sachem Way on July 9, 1953. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)

Barbara Luderowski , founder of the Mattress Factory, poses for a portrait inside her apartment on the sixth floor of the Mattress Factory Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, in the Mexican War Streets. Luderowski died on May 30, 2018, after a long illness. She was 88. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)

Steve Mellon

Carolyn Fortney, back left, and sister Teresa Fortney-Miller, back right, comfort each during a press conference announcing the release of the state grand jury report on sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018, at the state Capitol building in Harrisburg. Five sisters in the Fortney family suffered from abuse by a priest, which was documented in the report. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Lailah Trimbur, 6, passes time by playing Jenga as she waits for Steelers wide reciever Antonio Brown to arrive for a visit Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Lailah’s brother Elijah, 14, is a patient at the hospital. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Seventh-grader Kyiajah Williams hugs South Hills Middle School teacher Jennifer Plumb who has been diagnosed with breast cancer as students and teachers participate in a 5k walk to support Plumb, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, in Beechview. “I’m a fighter,” Plumb said. “I want to show my daughter how to fight with grace.” (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Morgan Glancy spreads her arms to demonstrate the signal she’ll give if her rappelling rig gets locked up while making her way down the side of the 26-story Oliver Building Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, in Downtown. Glancy and three of her Canonsburg neighbors earned the opportunity to rappel by raising more than $5,000 for Our Clubhouse, an organization that provides emotional and social support for those affected by cancer. Glancy’s mother Esther Smoke wanted to take part in the rappelling event but died two months ago from melanoma. “I was talking to her all the way down,” Glancy says of her mother’s spirit. “C’mon mom, we’re going to do this!” (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Leonard Hammonds II, right, of Penn Hills points out that a Turtle Creek police officer has his hand on his weapon during a rally Wednesday, June 20, 2018, in East Pittsburgh. The rally, held outside the East Pittsburgh police headquarters, was to protest the shooting death of 17-year-old Antwon Rose II by an East Pittsburgh police officer during a traffic stop the previous evening. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Ron Connor holds a photo of his daugher Alexis, who died of a drug overdose in 2017, at the “Say Their Name” memorial Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Downtown. Connor’s grandson also died of an overdose. “You fight such battles with them, and when you lose it’s devastating,” he said. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

From left, Molly Figas, 13, and Lilly Werling, 14, of the South Side and Anya Frazier, 13, of Highland Park pause at the fountain at Point State Park to see the impact of flood waters Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, in Downtown. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Leon Ford weeps as he addresses the crowd gathered to protest the East Pittsburgh police shooting death of Antwon Rose II Thursday, June 21, 2018, at the Allegheny County Courthouse in Downtown. Ford was paralyzed after being shot by a Pittsburgh police detective in 2012. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Gabrielle Gressem, 6, of Monroeville celebrates with her dad, John, after she’d read a portion of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh on the North Side. “He changed America so black people and white people can go to the same places,” Gabrielle said of King. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Safurat Lateef, center, weeps while family members and friends cover the grave of her uncle Abdulganiyu Sanusi Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, at Chartiers Cemetery in Carnegie. Sanusi, 56, of Lincoln-Lemington was shot and killed on Oct. 13, during a robbery while delivering pizzas in East Liberty. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Pam Panchak

Gabriel Schrecengost, 4, from Brackenridge plays with the foam during a foam party Friday, July 27, 2018, at Natrona Recreation Park in Harrison Twp. The day organized by Natrona Comes Together Association as part of their children’s recreation program is one of many weekly activities the group organizes throughout the summer. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)

Pittsburgh police and emergency responders investigate a crash that closed Fort Duquesne Blvd. under the Roberto Clemente bridge in both directions Saturday, May 12, 2018, Downtown. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)

The Hempfield softball team celebrates a run during their PIAA softball quarterfinal game against Baldwin Thursday, June 7, 2018 in Latrobe. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)

Yo Yo Ma acknowledges the crowd following his performance with the cellists of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Saturday, June 9, 2018, at Heinz Hall Downtown. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)

Jakim Donaldson, who plays professional basketball in Italy, coaches Taylor Woodrough, 13, of the Hill District Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at his eighth annual Promise Basketball Camp at Perry Traditional Academy on the North Side. Donaldson, who played high school basketball at Perry, co-founded the camp with his father, Jay Donaldson, in honor of his brother Jehru who was killed in a 2007 carjacking. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)

David Clark, left, with Full Life Deliverance Ministry in Belzhoover ties the tie of Donavan Price, 8, of Sheraden while Devaughn Lyle, from Sheraden, background, and Anthony Green, from Mt. Oliver, right, practice on their ties at the fifth annual “A Tie for Every Guy” event hosted by the Jeron Zavier Grayson Foundation Saturday, May 19, 2018, at the Wesley Center AME Zion Church in the Hill District. Around 150 men and boys attended the breakfast to learn to tie ties and to pick up one of the 100 suits given away.(Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)

Erica Isennock, left, of York, a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, and Hunter Burridge of New Freedom, a member of the Coushatta Tribe, participate in a Two-Step dance Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018 at the 40th annual Three Rivers American Indian Center Pow Wow at the American Indian Center in Dorseyville.(Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)

Fayza Hamilton, 9, a fourth-grader at St. Edmunds Academy gets her hat straightened for her costume during fittings for the Nutcracker at the Pittsburgh Ballet School Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018, in the Strip District. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)

Gov. Tom Wolf, left, and County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, right, listen as Pittsburgh Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich, center, updates the media on the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, in Squirrel Hill. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)

Shaquala Reynolds, left, holding her son, Jessiah, 3, and her other son Darwin, 8, run from their apartment where the Pittsburgh SWAT team responded to a call on Stranahan Street, Tuesday, July 24, 2018, in Homewood. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)

Andrew Rush

Tim Bendig cries as revisits the bathroom where he was abused by former priest Anthony Cipolla at the rectory of the former St. Canice Catholic Church Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, in Knoxville. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)

Frank Labiaux, left, and his brother, Tucker Thompson, who were both abused by former priest Anthony Cipolla, pose for a portrait Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, in Melbourne, Fla. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)

Lydia Green-Miller of Columbus, Ohio, performs a fancy shawl dance during a rally Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, outside the David L. Lawrence Convention Center Downtown. Members of several Native American tribes and environmental organizations marched during the Defend Our Water rally, which was organized to counter the Shale Insight Conference. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)

From left, fifth-grader Aniyah Maddox, assistant Portia Bishop, second-grader Aminyah Dooley, and teacher William Scott welcome students back to school Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, at Pittsburgh Miller PreK-5 in the Hill District. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)

Donald Trump Jr. speaks to a member of the media after touring Sarris Candies with 18th Congressional District candidate Rick Saccone Monday, March 12, 2018, in Canonsburg. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)

Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of Tree of Life Congregation, right, hugs Rabbi Jonathan Perlman, of New Light Congregation, and Rabbi Cheryl Klein, of Dor Hadash Congregation, as thousands gather for a vigil to remember the victims of the Tree of Life mass shooting Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland. The three rabbis all worship at the Tree of Life synagogue. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)

Keaura King leads her classmates in a moment of silence during the Woodland Hills Students Against Gun Violence Walkout Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in Churchill. The students joined a national student effort to bring attention to gun violence and gun control reform. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump stand at the lookout at the Flight 93 National Memorial on the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 attack Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, in Stonycreek. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)

Lee McDonald of Sheraden kisses his daughter Myleah, 5, as he sits with his other children, from left, Desmere, 14, Mylee, 5, Jahari, 10, and Lee Jr. 11, during Pittsburgh Langley K-8’s Take a Father to School Day Friday, May 18, 2018, in Sheraden. Pittsburgh Public Schools invite fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and other positive male role models accompanied students to school for the day. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)

Students from the Franklin Regional Senior High School Panther Marching Band celebrate after a surprise announcement that they will perform in the 2019 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Tuesday, April 17, 2018, in Murrysville. Franklin Regional will be one of 11 bands in the parade and was chosen from over 100 applicants from around the country. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)

Hunter Steinitz, 23, applies ointment to her skin in her bedroom Monday, May 7, 2018, in Brighton Heights. Steinitz was born with a rare skin disorder called Harlequin ichthyosis that requires several applications of ointment per day to prevent infection. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)

Justin Wilson, a second-grader at Manchester Charter School, looks out the window with his mentor Robert Campedel, a partner with Eckert Seamans, on the 44th floor of the US Steel Building during their weekly reading time Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, in Downtown. Eckert Seamans pairs volunteer mentors with students as a part of Reading is FUNdamental Pittsburgh’s “RIF Readers” program. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)

Devin Butler, a plant operator at Fabin Brothers Farms, LLC, sweeps after a delivery of soybeans Thursday, July 19, 2018, in Center, Indiana County, Pa. Soybean farmers were among the first to feel the sting of Chinese tariffs.(Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)

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Michael M. Santiago

Woodland Hills High School Homecoming Queen Ciara Turner waits for the start of the homecoming parade with her brother Julian Turner Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, in Turtle Creek. Ciara sat next to a picture of her twin brother Jerame J. Turner, who was murdered on Nov. 27, 2017, in Turtle Creek, where the family lives.

Timothy Hill’s dog, Boss, is rescued by Penn Hills policemen after the dog and his owner crashed over a cliff in a car Friday, July 13, 2018, in Penn Hills. It took more than four hours to rescue the two. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)

Juawane Dennison of the Hill District, center, brother of rapper Jimmy Wopo, sings along to his brother’s music surrounded by friends and fans during a vigil Thursday, June 21, 2018, at West Penn Park in Polish Hill. Jimmy Wopo was fatally shot on June 19 in the Hill District. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)

Annual Antwon Rose II Community Birthday Celebration

Samaria Rice, the mother of Tamir Rice, who was killed by a Cleveland police officer in 2014, left, embraces Michelle Kenney, the mother of Antwon Rose’s II, right, after Rice spoke to the crowd about her experience of losing her son during the 1st Annual Antwon Rose II Community Birthday Celebration Thursday, July 12, 2018, at Hawkins Village in Rankin. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)

A concert goer is passed out in his car sorrounded by the piles of trash left after the Kenny Chesney Concert Saturday, June 2, 2018, on the North Shore. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)

“I am here for empowerment.” Lamontae Underwood of McKeesport says during the 2018 PrideFest Saturday, June 9, 2018, in Downtown. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)

Third from left to right, Charlotte Chambers, Leon Ford, William Lee III and Malcolm Minnekhekh Thomas hold hands to pray before marching down East Carson Street Saturday, June 23, 2018, on the South Side Flats. Demonstrators took to the streets for a fourth day of protesting after East Pittsburgh police officer Michael Rosfeld shot and killed 17-year old Antwon Rose II on June 19 after a traffic stop in East Pittsburgh. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)

Mourners overflow outside the vigil for the victims of the Tree of Life synagogue mass shooting at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, in Oakland. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)

Courtney Weirs, left, reacts to Colin Shrum, both of Greensburg, as he takes a bite from his pickle during Picklesburgh Saturday July 21, 2018, on the Roberto Clemente Bridge. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)

Bishop David Zubik departs after a press conference addressing the release of the Pennsylvania grand jury report investigating clergy sexual abuse Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018, in Downtown. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)

Worshipers embrace before the start of the Shabbat service Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, at Congregation Rodef Shalom in Shadyside. The Shabbat, which was open to all faiths, was the first since the Tree of Life shooting on the previous Saturday. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)

Police try to calm and remove a motorist from the hood of his truck as he shouts racial slurs at protesters for blocking the streets Friday, June 22, 2018, in Deutschtown. The demonstration was organized to protest the police shooting death of Antwon Rose II. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)

From left, Eric Pil, Frits Pil, and Karl Pil, all of Fox Chapel, attend a vigil for the victims of the Tree of Life synagogue mass shooting Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)

Darrell Sapp

Pallbearers carry the casket of Antwon Rose II to the gravesite Monday, June 25, 2018, at the McKeesport & Versailles Cemetery in McKeesport. Unarmed Rose was shot and killed by East Pittsburgh police Officer Michael Rosfeld after a traffic stop June 19. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)

An aerial view of the Route 30 landslide which destroyed several buildings in the Electric Avenue Apartments complex Tuesday, April 10, 2018, in East Pittsburgh. Three lanes of Route 30 collapsed. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)

Volunteers wearing hairnets work to assemble meals for people in need during the second year of Amen to Action Friday, Nov. 23, 2018, at the David Lawrence Convention Center Downtown. The 3,000 volunteers packaged more than one million meals. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)

“Got Banded”….Peregrine Falcon Chicks Get Banded

A peregrine falcon chick is wrapped in a towel after being banded and given a physical exam by members of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Cathedral of Learning in Oakland. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)

Roofs in the Summerset at Frick Park development are covered in fresh snow Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, in Squirrel Hill. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)

Cleanup continues after the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train near the Station Square T stop Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, on the South Side. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)

Terra Cotta Tiles for the Allegheny County Courthouse

Workers form a chain as they pass new terracotta tiles to shingle the roof of the Allegheny County Courthouse, Thursday, May 31, 2018, Downtown. Replacing 450,000 tiles is part of a $10 million project for the 130-year-old courthouse. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)

The moon sets over the Gulf Tower as the morning sunlight reflects on the glass of the PPG Tower, Monday, April 30, 2018, as seen from the Hill District. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)

Superheroes Clean Up Children’s Hospital

Jim Zaremba of Upper Burrell cleans windows as part of Allegheny Window Cleaning’s annual superhero themed cleaning Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC in Lawrenceville. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)

A bird is silhouetted against fog surrounding East Liberty Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, as seen from the Upper Hill. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)

Stephanie Strasburg

T.J. Ashbaugh, 26, fastens the hair of his stepdaughter Emily, 3, as he puts her and her sisters to bed on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018, at their home in North Vandergrift. Above on the top bunk, his eight-year-old daughter Keeley talks to them as she waits her turn. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

Recovering heroin users turn Carrick drug den into “Serenity House”

Recovery director of the ARK, Allegheny Recovery Krew Gus DiRenna, 59, of Whitehall leads a prayer before starting work to convert a former drug house into a home for people recovering from addiction Thursday, June 28, 2018, in Carrick. All the people in DiRenna’s crew formerly struggled with their own drug addiction, and are now working to build their lives and the lives of others through their work on the recovery homes. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

Chantae Hall,left,5, Sa’Rhea Hall Wallace,center,8, and Daymerra Hall,right, 7, all of Mt. Washington, stay cool with ice cream Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018 at Page Dairy Mart in the South Side Flats. “I’m kind of sad because it’s about to be over and it was so much fun because we got to go to Sandcastle, we got to go to the park, the pool, everything, for real,” said Hall Wallace of her thoughts on summer coming to a close now that she is back in school. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

CAPA High School students Christian Carter, left, 18, of Highland Park, Nia Arrington, center, 18, of West End and Cheyenne Springette, right, 17, of Mt. Oliver lead chants as they march down Liberty Avenue during a walk-out in solidarity with other high schools across the country to show support for Parkland, Fla., students Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, Downtown. “It’s high school students, it’s scary,” said Arrington, who helped to organize CAPA’s walk out, which culminated in 17 minutes of silence in Market Square for the 17 victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. “It’s the fact that it could happen to any of us.” (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

Jackie Stock, 33, sits for a portrait in her living room as her street is reflected in her door Wednesday, July 11, 2018, at her Hazelwood home. Stock, a housekeeper at UPMC Mercy’s environmental services, says she doesn’t have enough money once she pays for food, rent, bills, and transportation to afford a rent increase if Amazon’s new HQ2 were to drive up rental prices in the neighborhood. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

Antwon Rose II proetests shut down Route 30

Christian Carter, 18, of East Liberty raises his hands up as he chants with other protesters outside the East Pittsburgh police chief’s home during a protest of the shooting death of Antwon Rose II Sunday, July 8, 2018, in East Pittsburgh. East Pittsburgh police Officer Michael Rosfeld is charged with homicide in the shooting. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

Katie Ritenour, center, 25, of Normalville, lights the lantern of Kyli Breakiron, 24, of Connelsville, as they stand at the car wash where four people were killed the day before, Monday, Jan. 29, 2018, in Melcroft. Country music played from a car, cans of Sprite were pulled from back seats and people lit candles. “I knew Billy for so long it just doesn’t even seem real,” said Ritenour of victim Billy Porterfield. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

Pittsburgh Diocese Bishop David A. Zubik

Bishop David Zubik prays on Ember Days, a three-day period of prayer in the Catholic tradition, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh’s office chapel Downtown. Bishop Zubik says he always prays from the back row of pews while at the office chapel. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

Pittsburgh Musical Theater opens Disney’s The Little Mermaid

Actors wait in the wings for the musical number “Kiss the Girl” during the dress rehearsal for Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at the Byham Theater Downtown. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

Pittsburgh Mercy’s Dancing Classrooms Pittsburgh “Colors of the Rainbow” final team match

Tango dance teams from ten schools compete in Pittsburgh Mercy’s Dancing Classrooms Pittsburgh “Colors of the Rainbow” final Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018 at Pittsburgh Allderdice High School in Squirrel Hill. Almost 700 Pittsburgh students took part in the ballroom program over the fall, which started as a non-profit program of the American Ballroom Theater Company in 1994. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

Synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill

Allderdice High School student Isabel Smith, left, is comforted by one of the school’s math teachers, Lesley Britton, right, at a vigil blocks from the Tree of Life synagogue mass shooting Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, in Squirrel Hill. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

Shooting suspect in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre transported from federal courthouse

Students from Yeshiva Schools walk past the growing memorial outside of Tree of Life synagogue after visiting the site for afternoon prayer Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, in Squirrel Hill. The students prayed also for the complete recovery of the police officers injured in the shooting. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

Mother and daughter killed in triple homicide laid to rest

Zayah Pumphrey, 9, is comforted by her first-grade teacher, Stacy Henry, left, of New Castle, as they visit the casket of Zayah’s 10-year-old sister, Amariah Emery, beside the casket of her mother, Nichole Pumphrey, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, at J. Bradley McGonigle Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc. in Sharon. While Zayah was standing with Ms. Henry at her sister’s casket, she was asked by her cousins why her mother’s casket was closed. “She said, ‘I don’t think you’d want to see her. It would make you sad,'” said Ms. Henry. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

Personal care attendents at Edinboro University

Manny Fernandes, left, 20, of Livingston, N.J., Victoria Siaba, center, 19, of Queens, N.Y., and Sarah Getzler, right, 20, of New York City, roll with their fellow “wheelies” to join Edinboro University’s homecoming parade Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, in support of the school’s attendant care program. “This is an event that’s going to start a chain reaction,” said Ms. Siaba, who is one of the students served by the program, which is slated to shut down. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

Amelia McClain and her brother, Ethan, both of Washington, work on some candy wrappers Wednesday, July 4, 2018 as they sit front row at the Canonsburg annual Fourth of July parade on main street. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

Protesters react as a car drives through the crowd gather to block traffic along Route 30 in response to shooting death of Antwon Rose II Sunday, July 8, 2018, in North Versailles. The protests started and ended in East Pittsburgh, where Rose was shot and killed by East Pittsburgh police Officer Michael Rosfeld. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

Croatians in Pittsburgh celebrate the World Cup final together

Christy Zimmerman, left, of Mars holds her 15-month-old son, T.J. Zimmerman, as they watch the World Cup final alongside T.J.’s cousins Brady Eckert, center, 9, and Emma Eckert, 11, Sunday, July 15, 2018, at the Javor Croatian National Hall in Deutschtown. France beat Croatia 4-2, but the mood was still upbeat with people excited that their country made it to the finals for the first time. The family was decked out in the country’s red and white checked jerseys, brought back from Croatia by the children’s grandmother, Bernie Turkovich of Forest Hills. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

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Jessie Wardarski

Patty Lewis of Greensburg laughs as her horse Rowdy leans out of his stall for a treat Friday, Aug. 24, 2018 at the Westmoreland County Fair in Greensburg. Lewis looks forward to this week all year long she says. “We’re like one big family here,” Patty said while sitting in a lawn chair surrounded by her fair friends and relatives. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)

Siblings Josh Robinson, left, 12, and Emma Robinson, 4, of Carmichaels stand on the miners float just before the start of the 65th Annual King Coal Parade Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018, in Carmichaels. As the float later made its way through the crowds, the Robinson siblings received standing ovations from many former miners and community members. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)

From left, Abigail Claire Rocks, 17, of New Salem, Bituminous Coal Queen Holly Lesko, 17, of Smithfield, and Lauren Zelnis, 17, of Centerville dance on a parade float before the start of the 65th Annual King Coal Parade Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018, in Carmichaels. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)

Robert Butler of Masontown gently lowers Tim Jordan’s infant daughter into the Monongahela River Sunday, Aug.19, 2018, in Masontown. The group of friends and local Sheetz employees regularly gather at the boat launch and fishing spot directly across the river from Hatfield’s Ferry Power Station, a former coal-fired power plant. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)

Judy Kramer of Bavington holds handmade signs in support of Democratic Congressional candidate Conor Lamb as she waits for the polling results with her husband on election night Tuesday, March, 13, 2018, in Southpointe. (Jessie Wardarski/ Post-Gazette)

Christian Carter, 18, of East Liberty, center, holds his fist high as he and other protesters stand in front of a Forest Hills police car attempting to enter I-376 eastbound as they rally for 17-year-old Antwon Rose II, Thursday, June 21, 2018, in Wilkinsburg. Rose was fatally shot by East Pittsburgh police Officer Michael Rosfeld during a traffic stop Tuesday night. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)

Whitney Mugomba of San Francisco, left, comforts Lakesha Lowry, the mother of Nicole Dailey, during a ceremony held to celebrate and remember Dailey’s life Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018 at the Destiny of Faith Church in Brighten Heights. Dailey was murdered one year ago while holding her seven-month-old daughter. The case remains unsolved. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)

From left, Jamie Beth Schindler comforts her daughter Nora Schindler, 9, both of Lancaster, as they stand with grandmother Susan Heller of Squirrel Hill near the memorial for the Tree of Life synagogue mass shooting victims Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, in Squirrel Hill. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)

President Donald Trump is illuminated by a light as he sits in the back seat of his limousine after visiting police officers injured in the Tree of Life mass shooting Tuesday Oct. 30, 2018, at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Oakland. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)

Barry Werber, 76, of Stanton Heights closes his eyes and clasps his hands with the two wedding rings he wears, his own and his late mother’s, as he remembers hiding in a storage closet during the mass shooting at Tree of Life synagogue Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, at his home in Stanton Heights. Werber says he usually skips Saturday services but he went on Oct. 27, the anniversary of his mother’s passing. He and fellow congregant Mel Wax were pushed into a dark supply closet by their rabbi during the shooting. “I think I felt my mother on one shoulder and I imagine God’s hand was over our heads. And then of course, poor Mel was killed,” Werber recalled. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)

Former priest and sexual abuse victim by a priest, Jim Faluszczak of Buffalo adjusts his suit jacket as he waits outside of St. Joseph Cathedral and Rectory Friday, July 6, 2018, in Buffalo, New York. Faluszczak was abused as a young boy in the Diocese of Erie where he grew up. In recent years he has confronted the church and his abuser, becoming an activist in both New York and Pennsylvania to stand up for sexual abuse and molestation victims of the church like himself. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)

Franklin Spence, right, passionately joins in the chants at the front of the parade during the Juneteenth celebrations Saturday, June 23, 2018, Downtown. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)

“I can’t ever get it around my head,” said Woodland Hills senior Ciara Turner, 17, of her twin brother’s death as she starts to take off her necklace reading his name while changing for the homecoming dance Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, in Turtle Creek. During the Woodland Hills Junior/ Senior High School pep rally on Friday, Turner was crowned homecoming queen. “He was like, a real like jokester. He was super funny. Even like when we got in trouble or something, my mom would end up laughing, too. So it was like, I dont know, I know he would be like super excited,” Ciara said as she recalled her thoughts after winning the crown. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)

Frankie Marshall of Brookline smokes a cigarette in the front of his pickup truck while dressed as Buddy the Elf for the 3rd Annual Tows for Tots Toy Drive to benefit Every Child Inc. Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018, at C and R Collision II in Larimer. More than 60 tow trucks, their drivers and their families gathered together to transport loads of toys to under privileged children at Every Child Inc. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)

Angel Lanier, right, carefully washes her three-year-old twins Aaron and Elijah Lanier in the tub at their home near Spring Garden and Troy Hill, in Pittsburgh on Thursday February 1, 2018. After learning of lead contamination in the home, in October of 2017, mother and home owner, Angel Lanier, says she has shortened bath time for the boys for fear they may drink the water as they play. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)

Alexandra Wimley

Rabbi Jeffery Myers of the Tree of Life Congregation is escorted away from the scene of a mass shooting at Tree of Life synagogue, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, in Squirrel Hill. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

Simone Rothstein, 16, of Squirrel Hill hugs a woman, who declined to be identified, as her mother Kate Rothstein, left, looks on on the intersection of Shady Avenue and Northumberland Street, after 11 people were killed Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, at Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

BJ Samson of East Liberty cries while listening to the Rodman Street Choir during a joint prayer service held by the East End Baptist Fellowship and Homewood Community Ministries to show solidarity with the Jewish community Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018, at Rodman Street Baptist Church in East Liberty. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

Mourners gather at New Light Cemetery for the burial service of Richard Gottfried, a victim of the Tree of Life synagogue mass shooting Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, in Etna. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

A man comforts another mourner as he becomes emotional during the first Shabbat prayer service since the Tree of Life synagogue mass shooting Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, outside of the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

West Mifflin’s cheerleaders and band perform before a game against Belle Vernon Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, at West Mifflin High School in West Mifflin. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

President Donald Trump, left, looks on as Congressman Mike Kelly, R-Butler, speaks to the crowd during a campaign rally for Kelly and U.S. Senate candidate Lou Barletta Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, at the Erie Insurance Arena in Erie. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

The Rev. Anthony Sciarappa puts on his vestment with other priests before the first Mass combining seven Lawrence County parishes Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, at New Castle High School in New Castle. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

Supporters, who declined to be identified, watch a television screen during the midterm election night party for Keith Rothfus, R-12th District, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, at Sunny Jim’s Restaurant in Emsworth. Rothfus lost his race against Democrat Conor Lamb for the newly redrawn 17th District. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

Jack Magulick of Moon hugs Pirate Parrot during the opening ceremony of a Miracle League field in Moon Park Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, in Moon. Jack’s brother Luke, who was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder, inspired their parents to spearhead the project to bring a Miracle League field to Moon. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

A person is arrested during a protest for transgender rights that temporarily blocked Second Avenue Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, in front of the Allegheny County Jail in Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)