The heartbreaking stories coming out of Aurora, Colorado right now are too numerous to count. And yet we keep coming back to that of Jessica Gwahi. One of 12 victims shot to death by a gunman who opened fire on innocent people as they watched The Dark Knight Rises, the young sports writer, who wrote under the name Jessica Redfield, had just narrowly escaped being killed in a similar situation in Toronto last month.
The twisted irony of it is inescapable. The death of a 24-year-old is unspeakably sad. But I can't help wondering if Jessica Gwahi's story fascinates as much because of how she makes us feel about ourselves. Take a look at one of her last Tweets to the world:
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