On Oct. 2, Charles Roberts, a man angry at his life and his God, walked into a one-room Amish schoolhouse at Nickel Mines in Lancaster County, Pa. After boarding shut the doors, he systematically shot 10 young girls, killing five, and then committed suicide. It was the worst mass homicide in the 270-year history of the Amish settlement here.
A week later, parents and families of the slain girls walked to the Roberts’ home. They gave their sympathy and concern to his wife and sons, and in an action that captured the attention of the world, expressed their forgiveness for the man who had killed and harmed their daughters. Their visits and friendship have continued.
This series tells the stories of these children, the heroic work of police officers who sought to save them and, most of all, the remarkable faith of the Amish that allowed them to transform a horrendous act of violence into one of human compassion and redemption.
Lost Angels: The Untold Stories of the Amish School Shootings 