The Amish [videorecording] / A Sarah Colt Productions Film for American Experience ; written and directed by David Belton ; produced by Callie T. Wiser.
On October 2, 2006, a 32-year-old milk truck driver named Charlie Roberts entered a one-room school-house in the Amish community of Nickel Mines in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and shot 10 young girls, killing five, before committing suicide as police officers stormed the school. Just hours after the shooting, Amish community members visited the gunman's family to offer forgiveness. The tragedy at Nickel Mines horrified the nation for its senseless brutality and left many questioning and haunted by the victims' startling response.
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