OnAugust 10, 1999,DonnaDees-Thomases watched as every parent’s nightmare unfolded on TV:
A、gunman had shot and injured two young children at aCalifornia day camp. "My heart was in my throat," she says. "Those children could have been mine." Anger and fear ledDees-Thomases, 46, a mother of three from Short Hills, NJ, to organize the Million Mom March on Mother’sDay in 2000. A、stand against the 30 000 deaths and 75 000 gun-related injuries a year in the United States, it drew an estimated 750 000 to Washington,DC、 Now the second Million Mom March, set for May 9 inDC, will urge the federal government to renew and strengthen the assault weapons ban (set to expire in September).AndDees-Thomases’ new book, Looking for a Few Good Moms: How One Mother Rallied a Million Others against the Gun Lobby, will be published this month by Rodale, Prevention’s parent company. Why didDonnaDees-Thomases organize the Million Mom March A、Her children were killeD、 B.She was angered by the killing. C.She feared the same thing would happen to her children. D.She wanted to save those kids.