'This is really the worst case scenario that any of them (first responders) could ever experience in their job,' said Smith McCrossin. 'You have teachers impacted, you have coworkers impacted.'Д«oth Kogon and Smith-McCrossin say their hearts also go out to the first responders involved. 'You have a whole school of children that have just lost friends,' said Smith McCrossin.

School psychologists, as well as the student services consultant and school counsellor, will be at the school to provide any support needed. In the Twitter post, the organization says, 'Right now, our priority is to support our students and staff members of Cumberland North Academy where these sudden losses will leave a lasting impact on those who knew them.' The Chignecto-Central Regional Centre for Education confirmed the information in a post on Twitter on Tuesday. Three of the four children lost attended school at Cumberland North Academy in Amherst. 'You're either related or friends with one another and any time there's a loss of a child, in this community we've just lost four children, it hits home,' said Smith-McCrossin. Smith-McCrossin said the news is devastating in a town that is very closely knit. Not something anyone wants to deal with.' 'Things are bad enough when its adults but when its children, it's a tenfold increase in the sadness and the devastation.

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