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World Service,4 mins

Struggling To Forgive

Newsday

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It's just over six months since nine people were shot dead in a church in Charleston, South Carolina. Tragically the mass shootings have continued. How do relatives come to terms with losing their loved ones in such a way? Reverend Sharon Risher's mother Ethel Lance was killed in Charleston and she talks about her struggle with grief, anger and the desire to forgive in the six months since the shootings. (Photo: Sharon Risher (2nd R) and son Gary L. Washington (L), the children of Emanuel AME Church shooting victim Ethel Lance say their goodbye's during her funeral. Credit: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

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