Six Months Later: Sutherland Springs Community Breaks Ground On New Sanctuary
The first people to dig into the ground were the survivors and relatives of the victims.

Joey Palacios / Texas Public Radio
Sutherland Springs surviors and victim family members prepare to turn the first dirt.
From Texas Public Radio:
Saturday marked exactly six months since a gunman stormed into First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs and left 26 people dead. However, the small town observed the day not with sorrow but with a sense of rebirth as they broke ground at the site of their new church building.
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