An NBC affiliate, WGRZ-TV Buffalo, posted a story which appaeared on MSN.com The first paragraph read:
![The New York State Park Police said just before 4 p.m. they were called to Whirlpool State Park, on the Gorge Rim Trail on a report of a 14-year-old male who had fell [sic] into the gorge.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7tT07z5lExgo6NAVH9A3j1Mn5EmIQPjRsI0uWoTQZHjuZavGPbLCAklcB1CPu9qg6rpWTAMwkuAxL0e0yCQKM8RZtomSdSHcbkxWxa4Dzps0xfOvWp2-WASDqg7uYci0OfGT4c0uGg9rmX7UGY9zzXlu0AEgpzXdQxdoCV7UepnHTYySiIQ=w879-h80 "The New York State Park Police said just before 4 p.m. they were called to Whirlpool State Park, on the Gorge Rim Trail on a report of a 14-year-old male who had fell [sic] into the gorge.")
This is ostensibly a mental health story, but I was drawn to the grammatical error. It should have been "who had fallen into the gorge" or "who fell into the gorge".
The deterioration of learning started well before the COVID lockdown.American exceptionalism at its worst:
10 days after 10 people were killed in a racist inspired shooting May 14th at Topps Friendly Markets in Buffalo 19 kids and 2 teachers killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
Maybe I missed it, but i didn't hear the classic, now-is-not-the-time-thoughts-n'-prayers from supporters of the NRA. Why has the playbook changed?
Is it that nobody is fooled? Nobody cares? Or, maybe, it's the futility of action in the face of blind acceptance of mundane days becoming nightmares.
