The shooting in Maine directly impacted the Deaf Community when the gunman took the lives of four deaf people: Steven Vozzella, Joshua Seal, Bill Bracket, and Bryan MacFarlane.

"This sends chills through our community," Angela Maria Nardolillo, Executive Director of deaf-focused international disaster nonprofit Off-The-Grid Missions, said via text message. "There is a stark overcast when violence hits your community, a community so tight-knit and yet so vulnerable."