Madison Mogen

Today represents the fifth year that we remember our best friends and siblings.We cannot change the tragedy that has occurred but we can re-define it. Maddie, Kaylee, Xana, and Ethan did not deserve what happened to them on this day nor did they deserve for people or internet sleuths to associate their names with the title of a homicide case. These four young and beautiful people were taken from this world for essentially no reason. The person that caused this horrible tragedy will not receive any recognition in this speech the students will. Madison May Mogen was a highlighter, her mom wrote the world and she made it brighter. Kaylee Jade Goncalves was the light to the world's darkness.Xana Alexia Kernodle was her family's sun to their moon. Ethan James Chapin was a person who could light up a whole room just by walking in it They all could. These were not just names in a headline; they were real people who had hopes, dreams, and futures that were unjustly snatched away.