Jose was the first experence we faced with the lost of a friend In feb of 1996 he was shot while using a payphone at
a nighborhood gas station. Romurs say it was because he had his brothers coat on. This was when the reality of gang volience
set in.
I remember the day we found out like it was yesturday. I was in sixth grade and walked into homeroom to see all my friends
crying not knowing what happened I was confused when told what happened I was still confused. In sixth grade you don't worry
about losing a friend you worry about petty things. It was the first time in my life that I had ever known anyone that was
murdered.
Through out the years we have lost many friends but each lost is just as hard as the first. People say they get use to
people dying around them, we have to ask ourselves is that how we want to live our lives.
