A cross hangs on one side of the gym, a reminder of what no one can forget. The routine sounds of a basketball practice fill the air now. Sneakers squeak against a shiny floor. A coach calls out instructions.
Players grunt their way through sprints.
But every once in a while someone looks up at the cross looking down on them. A year later, tragedy can still remind that even the routine can never be taken for granted. The cross hangs in the gym the Seton Hall basketball team practices in because it is the anniversary of the fatal dormitory fire that left an open wound on this campus. Today, they will hold a memorial service in the gym where the basketball team usually practices. University workers put the cross up on Wednesday.