On October 2, 2006, a shooting took place at an Amish schoolhouse in in West Nickel Mines, PA. The atrocity claimed six lives: five Amish girls (ages 6–13) and a single shooter. The following is not about the shooting itself, nor is it about the shooter; rather, it focuses on the aftermath. While undoubtedly an unfathomable tragedy, the narrative of this shooting was quickly eclipsed by beautiful acts of forgiveness, communion, and self-sacrificial love.