When Craig Smith visited a member of his staff at the hospital Wednesday morning, the man had recently woken up from a two-day medically induced coma.

“He wasn’t able to speak, but he was really agitated with me,” Smith said to the crowd gathered at the Union Gospel Mission’s chapel on Thursday, June 6, to pray for the survivors, witnesses and community affected by a mass stabbing at the shelter which sent 11 people to the hospital Sunday night .

The staff member kept pointing at something, Smith recalled, getting frustrated with his executive director. Finally, Smith realized that he was asking to be given a nearby marker to write with.

“He wrote this note,” Smith said, pointing to an enlarged version of it printed and displayed at the front of the room. Those gathered let out a coll

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