Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal carried a short column by freelancer Masada Siegel on the impact of Charlie Kirk’s assassination in the vicinity of Turning Point USA’s home base in Arizona. Let’s get this recollection on the record:
Sharone Cohen, 52, of Scottsdale, met Kirk a few months ago at a Starbucks in Phoenix. He was wearing casual clothes and sandals and waiting for his drink while watching his baby in a stroller. “I’m not one to approach famous people,” Ms. Cohen said. “But I told my daughter I had to thank him for everything he does for Israel and the U.S.”
Ms. Cohen told Kirk that her son, Elad, was serving as a soldier in Israel, and her husband’s family still lives there. “I told him that when I start losing faith in humanity, especially here in the U.S., I listen to him on social media and he gives me hope.”
Kirk’s response stayed with her: “He put his hands together in a prayer position and said in Hebrew, ‘Baruch HaShem.’ Blessed be the Name.” Ms. Cohen and her daughter both burst into tears when they heard of Kirk’s murder.
Siegel’s column is “Arizona Neighbors at the Charlie Kirk Memorial Service” (behind the Journal paywall)>
