The forum also included members of Abbotsford Police, the school district, crisis counsellingand mental health specialists, and Abbotsford mayor Henry Braun, who stressed the importance of students being in a safe space together in the days ahead.
"Seal Beach is Seal Beach," said resident Henry Braun, 57, as if nothing more needed to be said. "It's quiet. It's like a small town in the Midwest. It's safe. It's still safe. It just happened here, but it doesn't belong to us."