In
a desperate attempt to clearly explain the dangers in gun violence, teachers
have resorted to drastic measures.
Teachers
at a school in New York made the difficult decision to take their students on a
trip to the morgue in a last ditch attempt to warn them about gun violence.
Pupils
held their hands over their faces as they stepped inside the room to look at
the bullet-ridden bodies of shooting victims.
Fifty
students from Brooklyn and other New York high schools visited the Brookdale
University Hospital and Medical Center earlier this week.
It
is hoped that the trip will drive home the message about gang and gun violence,
given the high rate of incidents that take place in East New York.
One
of the students, Shane Magloire, 17, told WABC NEWS: "Seeing that body, it
just made me realise that life is precious.
"And
just thinking, like, 'What if one of my friends or myself was dead?"
Other
pupils heard sobering stories from A&E doctors and were shown videos and
images of the victims.
Khari
Edwards, from Brookdale's public affairs department, told the students:
"You can make a decision to do great things, or you can make a decision to
go the wrong way, and usually, wrong ways end up here."
Nicole
Favours, also from Brookdale's public affairs department, said the plan for the
future is to bring students to the morgue every three months.
She
added: "It's not to scare them, but it's to inform them that this is the
part you don't see."
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