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Published on: 9/2/2007
Last Visited: 9/2/2007
Sierra Vista Public Schools went into crisis mode last weekend after learning about the deaths of Moss and DeAnda, said Susan Willig, a counselor at Buena High School and director of the district's Crisis Response Team.
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Willig said the students were all well-liked and known throughout Sierra Vista, a city of about 42,000 anchored by the U.S. Army's Fort Huachuca.About 2,800 students attend Buena High School. "We came to school right away, and contacted the teachers of the students directly affected so that they would be prepared to be as compassionate and understanding as possible," Willig said."When we learned about another death on Monday, that was unexpected, certainly." Categorizing the death toll as "mass casualty," Willig says in her three years with the district she cannot recall any tragedy of similar magnitude. "This has been very hard for the kids.