How has Mary Clark [the mother of Nathan Gale] coped with her son’s actions?
She is doing okay, but she has been shattered by the actions of her son and has continued to second guess and micro-manage her actions and perceived inactions. I know she feels incredible guilt for what her son did, and knowing her as I do, I don’t expect that to ever change. Her cooperation in the book was very important and due to it there is a chance that other people will recognize the traits and characteristic of paranoid schizophrenia in a friend or relative and seek help for them. What did you find was the biggest misconception about the Alrosa Villa shooting? Almost every aspect of the shooting was misrepresented in the major media. From the behavior of the shooter before the killings to how he entered the venue, it was all a garbled mish-mosh of rumor, conjecture and ill-fitting puzzle pieces. It’s important to remember that news people, both papers, magazines and TV, have very short deadlines. Because of that they use whatever they have available and of course “pitch” it as b
