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Photo Story: Candlelight Vigil for Wisconsin Massacre

By Kara Korab • Aug 13th, 2012

The Sikh Association at Boston University (SABU) hosted a candlelight vigil at Marsh Chapel Wednesday evening to honor those who were killed and injured in the shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. The shooting occurred Sunday, August 5 when a gunman entered a temple in Oak Creek, killing seven. Members of the Boston and Sikh community gathered together in prayer and solidarity.

Members of the Boston and local Sikh community gather in Marsh Chapel to reflect on the Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting

A man hangs his head in prayer during the service

Marsh Chapel was filled Wednesday evening for the service

The crowd exits Marsh Chapel after the prayer service

Members of the community gathered outside of Marsh Chapel to light candles in remembrance

A woman shields her candle from the wind as the vigil begins

A father helps light his son's candle during the vigil

A couple blows each other's candles out at the end of the vigil

Kara Korab

Kara Korab (CAS '14) is a photographer and sometimes writer that hails from Montgomery County, Maryland but if you ask her she will probably just tell you DC because let's be honest you don't know where Maryland is. On a typical evening you can find Kara at some live music venue getting 'way too into it.' Kara is currently studying abroad in Paris and never ever wants to leave, ever.