Memorial opens honoring victims of the 2015 Charleston church massacre

It took Alana Grant years to find the strength to set foot in the basement of Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, where her grandfather, the Rev. Daniel Lee Simmons, attended his final Bible study.Her fears have been replaced by gratitude and hope now that there is a completed memorial in a courtyard by the front door for the “Emanuel Nine,” the Black churchgoers killed by an avowed white supremacist in 2015.kAm%96 >6>@C:2= AC@G:56D 2 AF3=:4 DA246 H96C6 “A6@A=6 42? 8@ 2?5 C6>6>36C C62==J H92E 92AA6?65 96C6[” p=2?2 vC2?E D2:5 2D D96 2?5 96C 9FD32?5[ DE2E6 #6A] w2>:=E@? vC2?E[ 8@E E96:C 7:CDE =@@<]k^Am kAm~? $2EFC52J[ E96 =@?8\A=2??65 >6>@C:2= 2E E96 $@FE9VD @=56DE p7C:42? |6E9@5:DE tA:D4@A2= r9FC49 @A6?D E@ E96 AF3=:4]k^AmkAmt>A92D:K:?8 C6>6>3C2?46 2?5 C67=64E:@?[ E96 >2C3=6 >6>@C:2= :D 2?49@C65 3J 2 u@F?E2:? @7 vC246[ DJ>3@=:K:?8 v@5VD 6E6C?2= =@G6 2?5 >6C4J] (2E6C 7=@HD 7C@> 2 D92==@H 32D:? 6E4965 H:E9 E96 ?2>6D @7 E96 D:I H@>6? 2?5 E9C66 >6?

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