(JEWISH GROUP) Divisions deepen in wealthy, liberal Boulder after antisemitic attack
In sandals and winter boots, in rain and snow and sun, their feet tread the red bricks with a silent request: Bring them home.
They push strollers and wheelchairs, carrying flags and signs with that same message: Bring them home.
They ignore the taunts and epithets flung by college students and counterprotesters, focusing on their goal: Bring them home.
These moments, these footsteps, they weren't political. It wasn't about their personal views on the Israel-Hamas war. "We just want them home," said longtime marcher Lisa Turnquist, 66.
"That's why we do this," she said.
The small group of "Run for their Lives" marchers in this college town were sharing their message on June 1 − 603 days since Hamas snatched concertgoers and ordinary people from southern Israel and vanished them into Gaza's tunnels.
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