WASHINGTON — Irish rock band U2 is helping Annapolis to heal after last Thursday’s mass shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper, an attack that killed five employees on the job.
Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters were all murdered by a gunman who previously lost a defamation suit against the newspaper.
On Friday, Bono paid tribute to the victims while performing “One” in Newark, New Jersey, part of the same tour that visited Capital One Arena last month in the nation’s capital.
“We want to dedicate this next song to journalists, to reporters, to people who at their best give us the very foundation of our democracy,” Bono said. “They give us the facts on which to form our opinions. They give us truths to guide our understanding. We need them. … so we can focus on what unites us. … For the Capital Gazette, there is no ‘them.’ There is only us.”
Watch video of the touching performance below:
