From Fortune:

After the deadliest mass shooting in Maine, bar and alley owners initially thought they’d to close forever. Samantha Juray and Kathy Lebel, owners of Just-In-Time Recreation and Schemengees Bar & Grille, are reopening out of community support. 18 were killed, and while both Juray and Lebel hope to reopen, Lebel’s bar surviving a mass shooting in this year. 4 members of the local Deaf community are among the dead of the shooting that they plan on honoring.

Schemengees’ owner Kathy Lebel ignored her husband and bought a pool hall, dealing with her own health issues. Lebel faced a difficult choice to reopen the bar, especially after losing her “work husband” and one of her pool halls being the stage of a mass school shooting.

Samantha Juray and husband Justin, the owners of the bowling alley where the shooting commenced, are further along with their plans. The Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America is providing the reconstructions, the Jurays. Two employees from the Just-In-Time Recreation died from the shooting, but 17 are returning to work.

Tom Giberti, a 69-year-old employee who has worked at the bowling alley for 20 years, is alive and hopeful for the reopening. He recounts the moments of the shooting and considers himself lucky to have come out of everything unharmed. Giberti has had surgery and is now excited to return to work.



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