NICKEL MINES, Pa. - Men with machines moved in before dawn Thursday and began demolishing the one-room Amish schoolhouse where five girls were shot to death and five others injured by a gunman.
Construction lights glared in the predawn mist as an excavator began removing the porch of the school about 4:45 a.m.
The quaint schoolhouse had been boarded up since the killings, with schooling moved to a nearby farm. The Amish hoped to bring some closure to the Oct. 2 tragedy by razing the schoolhouse and leaving in its place a quiet pasture.
"It's going to be razed and topsoil brought in and green grass planted," said Mike Hart, a spokesman for the Bart Fire Company.
Men Begin to Raze Site of Amish ShootingNICKEL MINES, Pa. - Men with machines moved in before dawn Thursday and began demolishing the one-room Amish schoolhouse where five girls were shot to death and five others injured by a gunman.
Construction lights glared in the predawn mist as an excavator began removing the porch of the school about 4:45 a.m.
The quaint schoolhouse had been boarded up since the killings, with schooling moved to a nearby farm. The Amish hoped to bring some closure to the Oct. 2 tragedy by razing the schoolhouse and leaving in its place a quiet pasture.
"It's going to be razed and topsoil brought in and green grass planted," said Mike Hart, a spokesman for the Bart Fire Company.
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