On a tragic spring morning in Binghamton, New York, the life of Hong Xiu 'Amy' Mao Marsland was cut short in an act of mass violence. On April 3, 2009, a gunman attacked the American Civic Association on Front Street, a place dedicated to helping immigrants and refugees settle into their new lives. Marsland, a 35-year-old nail technician who had immigrated from China, was among the thirteen people fatally shot that day.
The perpetrator was 41-year-old Jiverly Wong, a former student at the
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