A candlelight vigil honoring , the 17-year-old victim of a , has been postponed until further notice. It was originally planned for either Friday, Aug. 31 or Saturday, Sept. 1.
A group of local school officials, police commanders, elected officials and community members held a meeting at the high school on Thursday afternoon, where they decided to reschedule the event for when Borowy is well enough to attend, according to .
Borowy, a special needs student, was shot in the lower back, allegedly by 15-year-old , in the school cafeteria Monday morning, police said. He was flown to Maryland Shock Trauma and remained hospitalized into Thursday.
While family members believe Borowy is improving, Marks said, he may not be ready to attend an event at the school until October.
Borowy was first honored during a Monday night at St. Michael Lutheran Church. Students held another prayer service around Perry Hall High School's flag pole Tuesday morning, where many students wore homemade T-shirts that read "Pray for Daniel" and "Stay Strong Daniel." Signs in support of Borowy remained on the school's lawn into Thursday.
Support has also surfaced through multiple Facebook groups and potentially thousands of Twitter messages. A to get pop star Lady Gaga to visit Borowy pushed the hashtag #GagaVisitDaniel into a top trending slot on Tuesday.
Community groups, including the Perry Hall High Alumni Association and the Perry Hall High School Class of 1997, have also begun raising money for the victim's family. More information is available on www.perryhallgrads.com and the Facebook page.
-Sean
Daniel's going to make a full recovery. He's going to be better. Pray for the kid in whatever private way you wish, but the best thing his fellow students can do is be uber nice to the kid the rest of his time in Perry Hall HS. I'm supremely confident he'd be much happier with that. Help his family out with fundraising for medical expenses, do all that standard stuff. Vigils are for people who die or are close to death. Yeah, I know there are exceptions. Let's be honest though, when someone uses the phrase "candlelight vigil", what's the first thing that pops in your head?
Again, I'm not suggesting you don't pray for the kid if you are the praying type. They have Churches for that and as is in our country, you can also pray in whatever way you wish. I am suggesting that if anyone, especially fellow students, want to do something really, really nice for him - don't do this. Make him the homecoming king at the next dance. He'll enjoy that way more.
As far as making Daniel the Homecoming King at the next dance do you really think he will be physically up to coming to the dance? Daniel is doing well but has a long road in front of him to recover 100%. I think this is great of the people that are running it and when we all can do it together it will be a special time.