The bridge changed colors around 10 p.m. on April 19 to honor the life of Robinson.
www.wisn.com
"The Hoan Bridge was lit up with the color pink to honor the life of 19-year-old Sade Robinson on April 19.
A vigil was also held on April 19 at Kilbourn Reservoir Park to honor the life of Robinson. Pink was
Robinson's favorite color."
I attended the vigil for Sade last night. I have too much to say about it, so instead I'll keep it brief, with some pictures. It was so cold and windy. I thought there would/should be hundreds if not thousands of people there, but there weren't. I felt compelled to go, and so I did, with a friend. We didn't know Sade, but we didn't need to. We only needed to care.
The media kept a quiet, respectful distance.
All the pink balloons were swept up by the 40 mph winds.
The balloons blew east, toward the blue horizon line. I'm sure many of them made it the couple of miles to Lake Michigan, where three (so far) major parts of Sade's body have been found.
How can a whole life be compacted into such small keepsakes as these? Sade's family gave them to attendees.
It seemed that the family was deeply grateful that people came to the vigil. You can feel that their pain won't begin to subside until they have all of Sade back. Until then, she is still very much missing and they are inconsolable. They need to find her.
Here in the city, attention may wax and wane as the cycles of sensationalism do. For me, I'm carrying this until it is as done as it can be and they have their #justiceforsade.